Black Range Naturalist

The January 2026 issue of the Black Range Naturalist has been posted (follow the link to read on-line or download).  This issue includes the following:  

  • Fire
  • Hunting and Gathering
    • An excerpt from the book by Bob Barsch and a review by Bob Barnes
  • Waterfalls of the Black Range
    • Middle Percha Creek
    • Carbonate Creek
    • Mineral Creek
    • Percha Creek
    • Middle Percha Creek
    • Roundville Falls
    • “Falls” at Wall Lake
    • Drummond Canyon
    • Tall Canyon Falls (Head of Black Canyon)
  • Geology and Hydrology in Real Time
  • Blister Beetles - A Brief Overview
  • Blister Beetles Which Might Be Found in the Black Range
  • Broad-billed Hummingbird
  • Explosive Seed Dispersal
  • A Few More Odonata and Notes from the 2024 Field Season
  • Follow-ups and Tidbits
    • Decentralized Thought
    • Gold
    • Demon-toothed Fish
    • The Massive Decline of Butterflies
    • The Massive Decline of Birds
    • Tiny Machine Learning Models (TinyMLs)
    • Extreme Weather Events
    • The Evolutionary Process
    • The Evolution of Evolution
    • Bat Migration
    • Bat Echolocation Used To Map Long Distances
    • Debris Flows
    • Valley Fever and Climate Change
    • Time as a Controlling Factor in Forest Carbon Storage
    • North American Beaver
    • Canyon Tree Frog
    • Rose-breasted x Black-headed Grosbeak
    • Finch - Partial Albinism
  • Close Encounters With Geese
  • Visual Survey Techniques
    • The use of remote “bird cams” devices when conducting population surveys and documenting specific observations
  • What People are Reading and Listening To
  • Flammulated Owl
  • Red-spotted Toad
  • Mushroom


© Robert Barnes 2018-2025