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Bird Lists from Sea & Sage Field Trips
Aug. 2005 - Aug. 2006
updated
January 31, 2010
| This
section contains the field trips which will take place
this year (Sept. 2005 to Aug. 2006). After each outing,
a list of birds seen on the trip will be posted here.
Those of you who just returned from going on a particular
trip, will be able to look it up to find out what the group
as a whole saw. And, if you missed a trip and wonder
what you missed, this page will provide you with an opportunity
to find out. |
| Trip
Lists for September 2005: |
WESTERN
SCREECH-OWL SURVEY at Starr Ranch: Fri.,
Sept. 9th
Leader:
Becky Stewart |
Bird
List: outside
conference room: 3 Common Poorwills
& a Great Horned Owl.
Stop
1: 1 Western Screech0Owl & 2 Barn Owls.
On the
way to stop 2: 1 Barn Owl.
Stop
2: 3 Barn Owls.
Stop
3: 2 Western Screech-Owls.
Stop
4: 2 (possibly 3) Barn Owls.
Stop
5: 2 (possibly 4) Western Screech-Owls & 1 Barn
Owl. |
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MONTHLY
WALK at the SJWS:
Sun, Sept. 11th
Leader:
Chris Obaditch |
| Bird
List:
Pied-billed
Grebe, Eared Grebe, American White Pelican, Brown Pelican,
Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy
Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Gadwall, Mallard, Cinnamon
Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal,
Ruddy Duck, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, White-tailed Kite, Northern
Harrier, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Virginia Rail,
Sora, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Semipalmated Plover,
Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Greater Yellowlegs,
Spotted Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin,
Long-billed Dowitcher, Caspian Tern, Black Skimmer, Mourning
Dove, White-throated Swift, Anna's Hummingbird, Black Phoebe,
Cassin's Kingbird, American Crow, Common Raven, Tree Swallow,
Barn Swallow, Marsh Wren, Common Yellowthroat, Song Sparrow,
Red-winged Blackbird, House Finch. |
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WESTERN
SCREECH-OWL SURVEY at Starr Ranch:
Sat., Sept. 17th
Leader:
Becky Stewart |
Bird
List:
Stop
#1: 2 Common Poorwills, 1 Western Screech-Owl .
Stop
#2: 3 Barn Owls
Stop
#3: nothing
Stop
#4: 3 Barn Owls and 1 Western Screech-Owl
Stop
#5: 3 Western Screech-Owls
Plus 3
Barn Owls on the way back. Overall, an awesome survey!!! |
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Upper
Newport Bay by ELECTRIC BOAT: Wed.,
Sept. 21st
Leader:
Nancy Kenyon |
| Bird
List:
Due
to engine trouble, we were forced to turn around and head
back to the dock. Therefore, the following list is incomplete.
Birds counted from the boat before we turned around:
1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Great Egret, 11 Snowy Egret, 9
Double - crested Cormorants, 1 Turkey Vulture, 1 Osprey, 1
Red-tailed Hawk, 2Willets, 1 Marbled Godwit, 1 Western
Gull, 2 Cassin's Kingbirds, 1 Say's Phoebe. Birds
counted on land along Back Bay Drive up to the Big Canyon
Parking lot: 10 Great Blue Heron, 2 Great Egret,
15 Snowy Egret, 11 Mallard, 5 American Wigeon, 107 Willet,
79 Marbled Godwit, 5 Dowitcher sp., 3 Long-billed Curlew,
2 Black-bellied Plover, 1 Wilson's Phalarope, 1 Western Gull,
1 Forster's Tern, 27 Black Skimmer, 2 Common Yellowthroat,
4 Song Sparrow, 1 Savannah Sparrow, 1 House Finch. |
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FALL
PELAGIC TRIP: Sat.,
Sept. 24th
Leader:
Jerry Tolman |
| Bird
List:
Loon
sp.,Eared Grebe, Pink-footed Shearwater, Brown Pelican,
Brandt's Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Snowy
Egret, Osprey, Black-bellied Plover, Willet, Spotted Sandpiper,
Wandering Tattler, Red-necked Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger,
Heermann's Gull, California Gull, Western Gull, Royal Tern,
Elegant Tern, Forster's Tern, Rock Pigeon, Belted Kingfisher,
unidentified land bird with yellow belly, Brewer's Blackbird.
Marine Mammals:
Common Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin. |
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| Trip
Lists for October
trips: |
CLAPPER
RAILS at Upper Newport Bay: Sat.,
Oct. 8th
Leader:
Dick Zembal |
| Bird
List:Lo |
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MONTHLY
WALK at the SJWS:
Sun, Oct. 9th
Leader:
Chris Obaditch |
| Bird
List:
P |
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EL
DORADO REGIONAL PARK in Long Beach: Wed.,
Oct. 12th
Leader:
Dick Purvis |
| Bird
List:
Pied-billed
Grebe, Eared Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron,
Great Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, American
Wigeon, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck,
Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered
Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kest rel, American Coot, Killdeer,
Ring-billed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, White-throated
Swift, Anna's Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Downy Woodpecker,
Black Phoebe, Cassin's Kingbird, Western Scrub-Jay,
American Crow, Bushtit, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
Western Bluebird, European Starling, Orange-crowned Warbler,
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Townsend's
Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, California Towhee, Chipping
Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark,
Great-tailed Grackle, House Finch, American Goldfinch. |
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WESTERN
SCREECH-OWL SURVEY at Starr Ranch:
Sat., Oct. 15th
Leader:
Becky Stewart |
| Bird
List: Unfortunately,
it began raining after the first stop, and the trip was terminated.
The Screech-Owls are not vocally active when it
rains, and the trip participants were riding in the back of
an open truck! |
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Upper
Newport Bay by ELECTRIC BOAT: Wed.,
Oct. 26th
Leader:
Nancy Kenyon |
| Bird
List: 28
Pied-billed Grebes, 31 Eared Grebes, 10 Double-crested
Cormorants, 3 Great Blue Herons, 10 Great Egrets, 33 Snowy
Egrets, 8 American Wigeons, 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 46 Northern
Shovelers, 18 Buffleheads, 16 Ruddy Ducks, 4 Turkey Vultures,
4 Ospreys, 1 Northern Harrier, 3 Red-tailed Hawks, 1
American Kestrel, 408 American Coots, 20 Black-bellied
Plovers, 1 Killdeer, 18 Greater Yellowlegs, 305 Willets, 4
Long-billed Curlews, 339 Marbled Godwits, 8 Least Sandpipers,
279 Western Sandpipers, 37 Dunlins, 149 dowitchers species,
5 Western Gulls, 4 Ring-billed Gulls, 3 Forster's Terns, 5
Caspian Terns, 2 Belted Kingfishers, 1 Black Phoebe, 2 American
Crows, 1 Common Raven, 2 Northern Mockingbirds, 1 Loggerhead
Shrike, 2 Common Yellowthroats, 1 California Towhee, 3 Belding's
Savannah Sparrows, 12 White-crowned Sparrows, 5 House Finches. |
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BALLONA
WETLANDS: Sun,
Oct. 30th
Leader:
Barbara Johnson |
| Bird
List:
P |
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| Trip
Lists for November
trips: |
SEAL
BEACH NWR: Mon.,
Nov. 7th
Leaders: |
| Bird
List: Pied-billed
Grebe, |
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FIELD
NATURAL HISTORY WALK at Starr Ranch: Wed.,
Nov. 9th
Leader:
Dick Newell |
It is
such a pleasure to hike at Starr where there are no mountain
bikes or cars to dodge and there is an abundance of natural
things to observe. The birds, deer and other animals seem
to tolerate our company as well. Here
are some of the animals seen on this trip: Mule Deer,
Tarantula, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Black Phoebe,
California Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, House
Finch, and Cochineal;
Becky had put fresh sent on the scent stations the night before
our arrival and so we were fortunate to observe some of the
best animal tracks I have seen. They included: Mountain Lion
tracks, Bobcat tracks, Raccoon tracks, Gray Fox tracks. Dusky-footed
Wood Rat tracks.
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BIRD
WALK at Starr Ranch: Sat.,
Nov. 12th
Leader:
Becky Stewart |
| Bird
List:
Sharp-shinned Hawk,
Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, California Quail, Gull
species, Mourning Dove, Anna's Hummingbird, Acorn Woodpecker,
Nuttall's Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker,
Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, Hutton's Vireo, Western Scrub-Jay,
American Crow, Mountain Chickadee, Oak Titmouse, Bushtit,
White-breasted Nuthatch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Robin,
Wrentit, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Orange-crowned
Warbler, Audubon's race of Yellow-rumped Warbler, Spotted
Towhee, California Towhee, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned
Sparrow, Oregon race of the Dark-eyed Junco, Scott's
Oriole,House Finch,
Lesser Goldfinch. |
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MONTHLY
WALK at the SJWS:
Sun, Nov. 13th
Leader:
Chris Obaditch |
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| Bird
List:S |
FOCUS
ON ROCKY SHORE BIRDS: Wed.,
Nov. 16th
Leader:
Kaaren Perry |
| Bird
List:S |
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Upper
Newport Bay by ELECTRIC BOAT: Wed.,
Nov. 16th
Leader:
Nancy Kenyon |
| Bird
List: 13
Pied-billed Grebes, 11 Eared Grebes. 2 Horned Grebes, 1 Western
Grebe, 6 Brown Pelicans, 6 American White Pelicans, 38 Double-crested
Cormorants, 6 Great Blue Herons, 5 Great Egrets, 67 Snowy
Egrets, 1 Green Heron, 129 American Wigeons, 1
Eurasian Wigeon, 20
Mallards, 11 Blue-winged Teals, 147 Northern Shovelers, 10
Northern Pintails, 8 Green-winged Teals, 2 (female) Surf Scoters,
77 Buffleheads, 8 Ruddy Ducks, 7 Turkey Vultures, 3 Ospreys,
1 Northern Harrier, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 432 American Coots,
1120+ Black-bellied Plovers, 6 Killdeer, 20 Semipalmated Plovers,
8 American Avocets, 5 Lesser Yellowlegs, 676 Willets, 4 Long-billed
Curlews, 383 Marbled Godwits, 76 Least Sandpipers, 19 Western
Sandpipers, 2 Dunlins, 342 dowitcher species, 4 Western Gulls,
11 Ring-billed Gulls, 1 Heermann's Gull, 2 Forster's Terns,
1 Caspian Tern, 93 Black Skimmers, 2 Belted Kingfishers, 20
American Crows, and 49 European Starlings. |
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SAN
ELIJO LAGOON: Sun.,Nov.
20th
Leader:
Steve Brad |
| Bird
List:
Pied-billed Grebe,
Eared Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great
Egret, Snowy Egret, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Blue-winged
Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail,
Green-winged Teal, Osprey, White-tailed Kite, Red-tailed Hawk,
American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Clapper Rail, American
Coot, Semipalmated Plover, American Avocet, Greater Yellowlegs,
Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Whimbrel, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled
Godwit, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, dowitcher species,
Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Western Gull, Belted Kingfisher,
Nuttall's Woodpecker, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, American
Crow, Common Raven, Bushtit, House Wren, Marsh Wren, California
Gnatcatcher, Hermit Thrush, Wrentit, Northern Mockingbird,
California Thrasher, Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's), Common
Yellowthrot, Spotted Towhee, California Towhee, Belding's
Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned
Sparrow, House Finch, House Sparrow. |
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| Trip
Lists for December
trips: |
GULL
STUDY at Doheny State Beach: Thurs.,
Dec. 8th
Leader: Kaaren Perry |
| Bird
List:
Pied-billed
Grebe, Eared Grebe,
Pied-billed Grebe, Eared Grebe, Horned Grebe, Western Grebe,
Brown Pelican, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant,
Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, American Wigeon,
Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Pintail,
Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead,
Ruddy Duck, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, American
Coot, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer,
American Avocet, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Whimbrel, Long-billed
Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper,
dowitcher sp., Western Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Forster’s
Tern, Caspian Tern, Black Skimmer, Belted Kingfisher, Black
Phoebe, Say’s Phoebe, American Crow, Bank Swallow, European
Starling, Common Yellowthroat, House Finch. |
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MONTHLY
WALK at the SJWS:
Sun.,
Dec. 11th
Leader: Chris Obaditch |
| Bird
List:
P |
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MINUS
TIDE BOAT TOUR at Upper Newport Bay:
Sun.,
Dec. 14th
Leader:
Nancy Kenyon |
| Bird
List:P |
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Upper
Newport Bay by ELECTRIC BOAT: Wed.,
Dec. 21st
Leader:
Nancy Kenyon |
| Bird
List:
P |
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| Trip
Lists for January
2006 trips: |
CHRISTMAS
COUNT SPECAILTIES TRIP:
Sat.,
Jan. 7th
Leaders: Jerry Tolman &
Bruce Aird
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| Bird
List: |
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ANTELOPE
VALLEY HAWK-BANDING TRIP:
Sun., Jan. 8th
Leaders:
Pete Bloom & Scott Thomas |
| Bird
List: |
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MONTHLY
WALK at the SJWS:
Sun.,
Jan. 8th
Leader: Chris Obaditch |
| Bird
List: |
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WINTER
PELAGIC TRIP: Sat.,
Jan. 14th
Leader:
Jerry Tolman |
Birds:
Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Pink-footed Shearwater,
(Flesh-footed Shearwater was seen by a very few people),
Black-vented Shearwater, Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant,
Pelagic Cormorant, Brandt's Cormorant, Great Egret, Snowy
Egret, Willet, Sanderling, Red Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger,
Bonaparte's Gull, Heermann's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, California
Gull, Western Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Herring Gull,
Caspian Tern, Alcid species (probably Rhinoceros Auklet,
Rock Pigeon, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Brewer's Blackbird,
House Finch. Marine
Mammals: Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Rosso's Dolphin, California
Sea Lion. |
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BALLONA
WETLANDS:
Sun.,
Jan. 15th
Leader:
Richard Barth
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Birds:
Common
Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Western Grebe, Brown Pelican, Brandt's
Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great
Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Greater White-fronted
Goose, Gadwall, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler,
Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Redhead, Ring-necked
Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser , Red-breasted
Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel,
Common Moorhen, American Coot, Black-bellied Plover, Black
Oystercatcher, Willet, Whimbrel, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone,
Black Turnstone, Surfbird, Sanderling, Least Sandpiper,
Bonaparte's Gull, Heermann's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, California
Gull, Western Gull, Caspian Tern , Rock Pigeon, Mourning
Dove, Burrowing Owl, Anna's Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher,
Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, Cassin's Kingbird, Loggerhead
Shrike, American Crow, Common Raven, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
Hermit Thrush, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling,
American Pipit, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Yellowthroat,
Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow.,
White-crowned Sparrow, Western Meadowlark, Great-tailed
Grackle, House Finch. |
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OWLING
at Starr Ranch Sanctuary: Sat., Jan.
21st
Leader:
Becky Stewart |
| Birds:
Scott Thomas and crew were here banding owls and luckily caught
a Barn Owl right before the trip began. It was a female, adult.
Everyone got to see her up close, and watch while she was
measured and banded. Before we started, we heard 2 Great Horned
Owls calling outside of the banding lab in response to a tape
Becky was playing inside. One of the owls was giving the "harnk"
call.Stop
One: nothing. . .
.Stop
Two: 2 Western Screech-Owls. We heard their "trill"
call and the "bouncing ball" call; we also heard
2 Barn Owls and many Pacific Tree Frogs. . . . Stop
Three: 1 Barn Own.
. . . Stop
Four: 3 Barn Owls.
. . . Stop
Five: 1 Barn Owl and 2 Western Screech-Owls (one
flew right above the truck). We stopped to warm up a little
with some hot cider which Becky offered us, while the second
Screech-Owl starting calling the typical "bouncing ball"
call. . . .Stop
Six: 1 Western Screech-Owl
and 1 Barn Owl. |
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WHITING
RANCH: March
16th
Leaders: Janet & Al Baumann |
| Birds:
Turkey
Vulture, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered
Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Dove, Anna's Hummingbird,
Nuttall's Woodpecker, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Black Phoebe,
Hutton's Vireo, Western Scrub-Jay, American Crow, Common Raven,
Oak Titmouse, Bushtit, Cactus Wren, Bewick's Wren, House Finch,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, California Gnatcatcher, Hermit Thrush,
Wrentit, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Orange-crowned
Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Townsend' Warbler, Common
Yellowthroat, Spotted Towhee, California Towhee, Song Sparrow,
Lincoln's Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, House Finch, Lesser
Goldfinch, American Goldlfinch. |
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| Trip
Lists for June
2006 trips: |
SAN
BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS: Sat.,
June
24th
Leader: Doug Willick |
| Birds: The
group visited 5 different areas on this field trip: Aspen
Glen, Mill Creek Meadows, Bluff Lake, Baldwin Lake, and Big
Bear Lake. 74 sp . were seen and/or heard by the group. (Click
here to see a copy of
the list - in table form -by location.) |
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MONTHLY
WALK at the SJWS:
Sun.,
Aug.
13th
Leader: Chris Obaditch |
Birds:
Pied-billed
Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great
Egret, Snowy Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, White-faced
Ibis, Gadwall, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Ruddy Duck, Turkey
Vulture, White-tailed Kite, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered
Hawk, Virginia Rail, Sora, Common Moorhen, American Coot,
Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American
Avocet, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Willet, Spotted
Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Ring-billed
Gull, Forster's Tern, Least Tern, Band-tailed Pigeon, Mourning
Dove, White-throated Swit, Anna's Hummingbird, Black Phoebe,
Cassin's Kingbird, American Crow, Common Raven, Tree Swallow,
Cliff Swallow, Bushtit, Marsh Wren, Common Yellowthroat,
Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, House Finch, Lesser
Goldfinch.
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