California Gull (Larus californicus) eating Alkali Flies (Ephydra hians) Mono Lake, California

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These flies hatch every summer around the desert shores of saline Mono Lake, just east of Yosemite, providing an important food source for California Gulls which nest on islands in the lake.

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