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 Alabama HillsAlabama Hills with Mt. Whitney in the Background |  Great Basin Collared LizardGreat Basin Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores) in the Inyo Mountains |  Barrel Springs, Inyo Co.Beavertail cactus at Barrel Springs, Inyo Co., CA |  Yellow-Rumped WarblerYellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata) wintering plumage |
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 White Mountains, CANear Westgard Pass, Inyo Co. |  Mono Hotsprings RegionMono Hotsprings Region near Lake Crowley |  Greater RoadrunnerGreater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) |  South Badwater Rd., Death ValleyDesert Marigold (Gerea canescens) coats hills during the superbloom of 2016. |
 Common Ground DoveCommon Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) without a tail |  Table Lands, Inyo Co.The poorly-explored Table Lands Area near Bishop. |  Desert Prince's PlumePrince's plume (Stanleya pinnata), near Barrel Springs, Inyo CA. |  Near Mono LakeDead buckwheat (Eriogonum) turns the desert floor red |
 Paiute PetroglyphsFish Creek Petroglyphs |  Greater Roadrunner |  _DSC7120 |  God's View, TablelandsPetroglyphs in front of the White Mountains |
 Mono HotspringsNear Lake Crlowley |  Scarlet MilkvetchScarlet milkvetch (Astragalus coccineus) near Westgard Pass |  Fish Slough, Inyo Co.Fish Slough, one of the endemic species hotspots of the Eastern Sierra/ |  Yellow-Backed Spiny LizardYellow-Backed Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus uniformis), from the Tablelands, Bishop |
 Alabama Hills |  Desert Horned LizardDesert Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) |  Near June Lakes |  Badwater MarshDeath Valley, CA |
 Great Basin WhiptailGreat Basin Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris tigris) |  Harris's HawkA vagrant to the deserts of California | Greater roadrunnerGreater roadrunner (geococcyx californianus) |  Paiute PetroglyphsPetroglyphs in the volcanic Tablelands, Inyo Co. |
 Long-Nosed Leopard LizardGambelia wislizenii |  Long-nosed Leopard LizardGambelia wislizenii |  Black Hills near Ashford MillDeath Valley, CA |  Paiute PetroglyphsPetroglyphs near Bishop, CA |
 Desert Horned LizardDesert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos), on Bishop Tuff. |  Badwater, Death Valley |  Black ToadBlack Toad (Anaxyrus exsul), endemic to a single marsh system in the Eastern Sierra |  Mojave Desert TortoiseDesert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) |
 Mojave Desert TortoiseThe northernmost desert tortoise recorded (Olancha, CA). |  Desert Blister BeetleLytta magister, a large insectivorous beetle which swarms in California deserts. |  Xantusia vigilisThe northernmost record of this genus in California, Bishop Tablelands. |  OcotilloOcotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in Anza Borrego |
 Common ChuckwallaCommon Chuckwalla (Suaromalus ater) in Palm Springs |  Great Basin Collared LizardFemale Crotaphytus bicinctores |  Blue DicksBlue dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum), also known as the desert hyacinth |  SidewinderJuvenile Mohave Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes cerastes) near Bishop, CA |
 Near Devil's Gate Pass |  Heliotrope PhaceliaHeliotrope phacelia (Phacelia crenulata crenulata) near Westgard Pass |  Northern MockingbirdMimus plotyglottos |  Near the White Mountains |
 Red-winged blackbirdA female red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoenicus) |  Inyo slender salamanderThe Inyo slender salamander (Batrachoseps campi), one of the world's only desert salamanders, is found only in a handful of riparian habitats in the Eastern Sierra. |  Common ground dove |
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