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  Plants+ of the Black Range
In June of this year the Black Range Website published Plants+ of the Black Range of New Mexico - Volume 1, photo of cover below. This checklist documented 1280 (verified) species in the Black Range. It also included 460 species which may possibly be found in the Black Range but which we have not been able to verify in the Range. This was the first of a three-volume set and listed species by family. It is available for download at the link above. Like all products of the Black Range website, it is free for your non-commercial use.
The second volume of the series, which listed the (primarily) plant species of the Black Range in alphabetical order by scientific name was issued in August (photo of cover upper right).
The third volume will be a listing of species ordered by English common name. It will be published at some time before the end of calendar year 2020.
A second edition is planned. We can use your help in improving this, the first edition. If you note corrections which should be made or have material which should be added, please contact rabarnes@blackrange.org.
Scrub-Jay
Ever wonder why Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay is “Scrub-Jay” and not just “Jay”. So have lots of other people. It is a hold over from earlier taxonomic decisions - before Scrub-Jay was split into several different species, including Woodhouse’s. In June, the American Ornithological Society decided to keep “Scrub-Jay” as part of the English name.
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During the last quarter we added seven new bird species to our yard list in Hillsboro. In June, we added Lucy’s Warbler and Verdin to our yard list, in July we added Yellow-billed Cuckoo to the list, on August 1 we added Purple Martin to the list, and in September we added Townsend’s Warbler, Pacific Wren, and Cordilleran Flycatcher, bringing the number of bird species we have seen in our yard to 165.
Bob Barnes
 Hillsboro
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