Site Report: Walker Lake

A natural lake east of the Sierra Nevada, the level of the lake has gone down over 100 feet in the past 50 years thanks to Los Angeles and agribusiness.

Visits

2008-03-04: A very cold windy night of camping next to the lake.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (3 records)

Phylum: Chordates (3 records)

Class: Birds (3 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Loons
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Order: Perching Birds (1 record)
- Family: Wrens
- Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)

Lifelists

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Trips

No trip reports available.