I stopped briefly to stretch at ~8,000 ft. along Route 89. When I stepped out of the car, I heard Townsend's Solitaire's (Myadestes townsendi) singing! (See one perched above.) The next bird I heard was a Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), and then a Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli). A nice trio!
Cloud shadows
This damselfly flew in and landed in the parking lot at a rest stop in Antelope Valley (Mono County). It's either a Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis) or a California Spreadwing (Archilestes californicus). It flew off, and I couldn't find it again, so I'll need to check in with some experts to see if they can identify it from this photo.
Mountain snow
Mono Lake
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