Today the remnants of the volcano host California gull researchers on their visits to the island.

The California gull is now the Utah State bird.

These predators include California Gulls, crows, coyotes and various rodents.

Over 12,000 Ring-billed gulls and California gulls have been counted at the lake as well.

Mono Lake is an important habitat for migratory birds (including the California Gull).

Other species, such as the California Gull, nest and feed inland on lakes, and then move to the coasts in the winter.

For this reason, Seagull Monument was erected and the California gull is the state bird of Utah.

The worlds largest populations of White-faced Ibis and California Gulls make their homes near the lake.

Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter: California gull information and pictures.

The birds included species with different eating habits, such as ducks, cormorants, geese, egrets, blue herons, coots, ravens, California gulls and white pelicans, officials said.

Negit is an important nesting ground for migratory birds, including the California Gull, which can often be seen wheeling in the air above Mono Lake.

The most common species are Western Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, and California Gull.

Since abandoning the landbridged Negit Island in the late 1970s, California gulls have moved to some nearby islets and have established new, if less protected, nesting sites.

The shrimp-filled lake is nesting place for 50,000 California gulls and an important stopover on the Pacific flyway for migratory birds like phalaropes and eared grebes.

Mono Lake has the second largest nesting population of California gulls, Larus californicus, second only to the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

Several gulls have been known to predate pelican eggs and nestlings (including Herring, Ring-billed and California Gull), as well as Common Ravens.

The mural includes seagulls flying amongst clouds, and was choose because the California gull is Utah's official state bird and represents the Miracle of the gulls from Utah's history.

Large white-headed gull is used to describe the 18 or so Herring Gull-like species from California Gull to Lesser Black-backed Gull in the taxonomic list below.

Already, she says, Negrit Island in the lake is in danger of becoming connected to the land; if that happens, predatory coyotes will be able to enter the breeding grounds of the California gulls.

In California, the California Gull recently held the protected status California Species of Special Concern due to declining numbers at their historic California breeding colony at Mono Lake.

Other birds found on the island include California Gulls, Caspian Terns, Double-crested Cormorants, Great Blue Herons, Black-crowned Night Herons, and Snowy Egrets.

Some of the bird species commonly spotted in the park include Ruddy Ducks, American Coots, Mallards, California Gulls, Western Gulls, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Black-crowned Night Herons.

Regular, non-nesting-season predators include Great Horned Owls, Northern Harriers, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, American alligators, bobcats, Great Black-backed and California Gulls.

The California Gull Larus californicus is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the Herring Gull but larger on average than the Ring-billed Gull, though may overlap in size greatly with both.

Many birds migrating south stop at the lake to rest such as the Ring-billed Gull, the Western Gull, the California Gull, the Mud hen, the Black-crowned Night Heron, and the Great Blue Heron.

The California Gull Larus californicus is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the Herring Gull but larger on average than the Ring-billed Gull, though may overlap in size greatly with both.