Sparrow at Carrizo Plain There was a whole flock of these birds eating flies that were on the flowers of the shrubs.
in Carrizo Plain formed around 10,000 years ago when a tectonic shift cut off its outlet. Soda-containing sediments from the nearby mountains have settled in the basin forming the lake (when there is water in it!). map...
A Soda "devil" on Soda Lake. These small swirling cyclones formed over the hot, dry lake bed, pulling white soda high into the air.