[ORDER] GALLIFORMES
[FAMILY] ANATIDAE
Brant -Branta bernicla
Fast descent observed. No hesitation. Target unseen.
Cackling Goose -Branta hutchinsii
Hides amoungst the tall and gagley.
Canada Goose -Branta canadensis
Heard only. No visual confirmation. Call did not repeat.
Trumpeter Swan -Cygnus buccinator
Heard only. No visual confirmation. Call did not repeat.
Wood Duck -Aix sponsa
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American Widgeon -Mareca americana
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American Black Duck -Anas rubripes
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Mallard -Anas platyrhynchos
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Northern Pintail -Anas acuta
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Green-winged Teal -Anas carolinensis
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Greater Scaup -Aythya marila
Great rafts formed on inland estuary, hundreds maybe thousands of ducks, diving independently and amoungst the group.
Lesser Scaup -Aythya affinis
Hidden amongst the great, minutia seperates them at difference from their cousins.
Ring-necked Duck -Aythya collaris
Though not sporting an obvious ringed neck, glimpses of chestnut are caught in his hue. A Scaup at first glance, until the ivory frame of its bill leads to its solidification as an independent.
Common Eider -Somateria mollissima
Trading still water, for the choppy rip of the tide, may frequently be found in coastal surf. It's roman nose is a sure identifier when winter conditions strip the male bird of its otherwise stark Gannet coded coat.
Harlequin Duck -Aythya marila
Yet no other seaduck I have glimpsed has rivaled the decorum of the male Harlequin. The female, cryptic in her majesty, bears the marking of paint behind her eyes.
White-winged Scoter -Melanitta deglandi
Spoted once through glass where sandstone met Northern and Southern tides; It's white wings contrasting amoungst the black. A creature where the nature of its beak is bizare and ununderstood to me, bears semblence to its distant cousins in its robust and malformed nature.
Surf Scoter -Melanitta perspicillata
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Black Scoter -Melanitta americana
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Long-Tailed Duck -Clangula hyemalis
Plentiful duck spotted in estuaries or rough surf, they seem to not have indifference for conditions of enviromental hostilities like its fellow seabirds.
Bufflehead -Bucephala albeola
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Common Goldeneye -Bucephala clangula
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Barrows Goldeneye -Bucephala islandica
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Hooded Merganser -Lophodytes cucullatus
A woodland duck unlike its cousins, its young must plunge to ground from great heights of arboreal nestage.
Common Merganser -Mergus merganser
Though their meat taste of rotten fish, and their presence a gurantee brings no excitement, though their constance has been stiring mythology upon my eyes.
Red-breasted Merganser -Mergus serrator
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[ORDER] GALLIFORMES
[FAMILY] PHASIANIDAE
Gray Partridge -Perdix perdix
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Ring-necked Pheasant -Phasianus colchicus
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Ruffed Grouse -Bonasa umbellus
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Spruce Grouse -Canachites canadensis
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Rock Ptarmigan -Lagopus muta
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Eastern Wild Turkey -Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
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[ORDER] GAVIIFORMES
[FAMILY] GAVIIDAE
Red-throated Loon -Gavia stellata
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Common Loon -Gavia immer
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[ORDER] PELECANIFORMES
[FAMILY] SULIDAE
Northern Gannet -Morus bassanus
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[FAMILY] PELECANIDAE
American White Pelican -Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
When I saw them inland 2200km from the Atlantic, 2100km from the Pacific and 940km from the arctic, I thought I was experincing a fever dream. An extremly large water bird, they flock by the hundreds. I am shocked that there are still enough fish in the lakes to sustain these birds, for I cannot imagine they eat seeds or small flying insects; though, the concept of them consuming small pets seems viable. As the name suggests, they are a white pelican, which seperates them from their cousin, the brown pelican.
[FAMILY] PHARLACROCORACIDAE
Double-crested Cormorant -Nannopterum auritum
An unappreciated seabird, blamed for failing fish stocks in the commercially fished seas. Often seen perching on rocks, with their wings extended towards the sun. Very common in costal settings, its orange patches near beak and smaller size seperate it from the less common Great Cormorant. One may look at them as the pidgeons of the sea.
Great Cormorant -Phalacrocorax carbo
A larger variation of the Double-crested Cormorant, with a bulkier frame. During breeding season, they display a white throat, along with a white patch on both sides of their flanks. They nest seaside on the east amoung the sandstone and rocky cliffsides.
Pelagic Cormorant -Urile pelagicus
Spotted during my time in the North Pacific, it seems to be the dominate cormorant species amounst the islands. It's bright white flanks during mating season and iridescent dark green feathering identifies it from similar species in it's range spanning from continents across the North Pacific.
[ORDER] CICONIIFORMES
[FAMILY] ARDEIDAE
Great Blue Heron -Ardea herodias
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Cattle Egret -Bubulcus ibis
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[FAMILY] CATHARTIDAE
Turkey Vulture -Cathartes aura
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[ORDER] FALCONIFORMES
[FAMILY] Pandionidae
Osprey -Pandion haliaetus.
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[FAMILY] ACCIPITRIDAE
Bald Eagle -Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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Northern Harrier -Circus hudsonius
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Coopers Hawk -Accipiter cooperii
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Northern Goshawk -Accipiter gentilis
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Red-tailed Hawk -Buteo jamaicensis
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Rough-legged Hawk -Buteo lagopus
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[FAMILY] FALCONIDAE
American Kestrel -Falco sparverius
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Merlin -Falco columbarius
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Peregrine Falcon -Falco peregrinus
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Peale's falcon -Falco peregrinus pealei
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[ORDER] GRUIFORMES
[FAMILY] RALLIDAE
American Coot -Fulica americana
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[FAMILY] GRUIDAE
Sandhill Crane -Antigone canadensis
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[ORDER] CHARADRIIFORMES
[FAMILY] CHARADIIDAE
Killdeer -Charadrius vociferus
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[FAMILY] SCOLOPACIDAE
Greater Yellowlegs -Tringa melanoleuca
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Lesser Yellowlegs -Tringa flavipes
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Least Sandpiper -Calidris minutilla
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Wilson's Snipe -Gallinago delicata
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American Woodcock -Scolopax minor
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[FAMILY] STERCORARIIDAE
Black Oystercatcher -Haematopus bachmani
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[FAMILY] STERCORARIIDAE
Pomarine Jaeger -Stercorarius pomarinus
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[FAMILY] LARIDAE
Bonaparte's Gull -Chroicocephalus philadelphia
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Franklin's Gull -Leucophaeus pipixcan
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Ring-billed Gull -Larus delawarensis
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Iceland Gull -Larus glaucoides
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Glaucous Gull -Larus hyperboreus
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Glaucous-winged Gull -Larus glaucescens
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Great Black-backed Gull -Larus marinus
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Caspian Tern-Hydroprogne caspia
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Common Tern -Sterna hirundo
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Arctic Tern -Sterna paradisaea
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[FAMILY] ALCIDAE
Common Murre -Uria aalge
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Pidgeon Guillemot -Cepphus columba
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Marbled Murlett -Brachyramphus marmoratus
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Ancient Murlett-Synthliboramphus antiquus
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Cassin's Auklet -Ptychoramphus aleuticus
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Rhinoceros Auklet -Cerorhinca monocerata
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[ORDER] COLUMBRIFORMES
[FAMILY] COLUMBIDAE
Rock Pigeon-Columba livia
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Eurasian Collared-Dove -Streptopelia decaocto
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Mourning Dove -Zenaida macroura
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[ORDER] STRIGIFORMES
[FAMILY] STRIGDAE
Great Horned Owl -Bubo virginianus
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Snowy Owl -Bubo scandiacus
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Barred Owl -Strix varia
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[ORDER] APODIFORMES
[FAMILY] TROCHILIDAE
Ruby-throated Hummingbird -Archilochus colubris
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Rufous Hummingbird -Selasphorus rufus
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[ORDER] CORACIIFORMES
[FAMILY] ALCEDINIDAE
Belted Kingfisher -Megaceryle alcyon
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[ORDER] PICIFORMES
[FAMILY] PICIDAE
Red-headed Woodpecker -Melanerpes erythrocephalus
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Red-breasted Sapsucker -Sphyrapicus ruber
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Downy Woodpecker -Dryobates pubescens
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Hairy Woodpecker -Leuconotopicus villosus
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Norther Flicker -Colaptes auratus
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Pileated Woodpecker -Dryocopus pileatus
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[ORDER] PASSERIFORMES
[FAMILY] TYRANNIDAE
Eastern Phoebe -Sayornis phoebe
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Pacific Slope Flycatcher -Empidonax difficilis
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[FAMILY] LANIIDAE
Northern Shrike -Lanius excubitor
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[FAMILY] VIREONIDAE
Red-eyed Vireo -Vireo olivaceus
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[FAMILY] CORVIDAE
Gray Jay -Perisoreus canadensis
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Blue Jay -Cyanocitta cristata
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Steller's Jay -Cyanocitta stelleri
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Black-billed Magpie -Pica hudsonia
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American Crow -Corvus brachyrhynchos
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Northwestern Crow -Corvus caurinus
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Carrion Crow -Corvus corone
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Common Raven -Corvus corax
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[FAMILY] ALAUDIDAE
Horned Lark -Eremophila alpestris
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[FAMILY] HIRUNDINIDAE
Purple Martin -Progne subis
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Tree Swallow -Tachycineta bicolor
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Sand Martin -Riparia riparia
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Barn Swallow -Hirundo rustica
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[FAMILY] PARIDAE
Black-capped Chickadee -Poecile atricapillus
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Boreal Chickadee -Poecile hudsonicus
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee -Poecile rufescens
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[FAMILY] SITTIDAE
Red-breasted Nuthatch -Sitta canadensis
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White-breasted Nuthatch -Sitta carolinensis
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[FAMILY] TROGLODYTIDAE
Pacific Wren -Troglodytes pacificus
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[FAMILY] CERTHIIDAE
Brown Creeper -Certhia americana
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[FAMILY] REGULIDAE
Golden-crowned Kinglet -Regulus satrapa
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet -Corthylio calendula
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[FAMILY] TURDIDAE
Swainson's Thrush -Catharus ustulatus
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Hermit Thrush -Catharus guttatus
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American Robin -Turdus migratorius
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Varied Thrush -Ixoreus naevius
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[FAMILY] STURNIDAE
European Starling -Sturnus vulgaris
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[FAMILY] MOTACILLIDAE
American Pipit -Anthus rubescens
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[FAMILY] BOMBYCILLIDAE
Cedar Waxwing -ombycilla cedrorum
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[FAMILY] PARULIDAE
Northern Parula -Setophaga americana
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Yellow Warbler -Setophaga petechia
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Townsend's Warbler -Setophaga townsendi
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Black and-white Warbler -Mniotilta varia
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American Redstart -Setophaga ruticilla
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Orange-crowned Warbler -Leiothlypis celata
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[FAMILY] EMBERIZIDAE
American Tree Sparrow -Spizelloides arborea
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Chipping Sparrow -Spizella passerina
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Fox Sparrow -Passerella iliaca
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Song Sparrow -Melospiza melodia
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White-throated Sparrow -Zonotrichia albicollis
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Dark-eyed Junco -Junco hyemalis
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Lapland Longspur -Calcarius lapponicus
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Snow Bunting -Plectrophenax nivalis
A small black, white and brown bird, as they brush in the snow, the brown tips of feather are worn down, leaving their plumage in strict contrast. Their arival from the arctic coincides with with the arival of snow in the southern provinces. I've seen them on sanddunes as far into the year as April, they seem to stay not much later, returing to the arctic to raise their young.
[FAMILY] CARDINALIDAE
Northern Cardinal -Cardinalis cardinalis
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[FAMILY] ICTERIDAE
Bobolink -Dolichonyx oryzivorus
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Red-winged Blackbird -Agelaius phoeniceus
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Western Meadowlark -Sturnella neglecta
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Common Grackle -Quiscalus quiscula
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Brown-headed Cowbird -Molothrus ater
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[FAMILY] FRINGILLIDAE
Pine Grosbeak -Pinicola enucleator
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House Finch -Haemorhous mexicanus
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Red Crossbill -Loxia curvirostra
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American Goldfinch -Spinus tristis
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[FAMILY] PASSERIDAE
House Sparrow -Passer domesticus
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