Page 3 - Black Range Naturalist, Vol. 2, No. 1

In this issue we: Explore the history of fire in the Black Range with Larry Cosper, the former District Ranger for the Black Range Ranger District; consider hummingbird banding with Ned and Gigi Batchelder, who have conducted their hummingbird banding research throughout the American west; revisit Stephen Siegfried’s review of Aldo Leopold’s life; review the Horned Lizard species of the Black Range with Randall Gray; watch Black-chinned Hummingbird nesting behavior with Bob Barnes and consider the bird species frequency data that he and Rebecca Hallgarth have gathered; consider plants and cold weather with Nichole Trushell; and explore the intersection of natural history and art with Inga McCord. It is a nice set of articles, including a mix of styles and topics.
If you are reading this issue in its electronic form (only contributors receive hard copies) you will note that several pages are printed sideways to accommodate the material.
pdf readers all have rotation capabilities. When you come to one of these pages, please rotate the page rather than your head. And, as always, underlined material is a link to the broader world - the wonders of electronic media.
The cover photo was taken by Bob Barnes on the old South Percha Road, just below NM-152, shortly after the Silver Fire. Where there was nothing at that time there is lots of green now (even in a dry year).
Lastly, at the risk of changing this into a rattlesnake publication, we publish this photo of a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake taken by Bob Barnes near the entrance to the Percha Box, east of Hillsboro - noteworthy only for the fact that he swears it did not rattle and that what he heard sounded like a cat hiss. We do not comment on his observational skills here - but we like the photo.
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