2021-04-02 Back to South Padre Island
28 Photos
Black-and-White Warbler(Mniotilta varia) |
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Description: Birds such as this Black-and-White Warbler spend winters here. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:51 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: BlackAndWhiteWarbler_D5X0012-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Golden-Fronted Woodpecker(Melanerpes aurifrons) |
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Description: Not all birds I met were migrants. This woodpecker is resident in south Texas. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 10:25 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GoldenFrontedWoodpecker_D5X9734-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Great Kiskadee(Pitangus sulphuratus) |
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Description: Not all birds I met were migrants. South Texas is the only place in the USA that hosts Great Kiskadees. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 9:52 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreatKiskadee_D5X9514-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Oriole(Icterus cucullatus) |
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Description: A few Hooded Orioles winter in south Texas, but most spent it in Mexico. This bird will most likely breed in south Texas this summer.. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 9:54 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: HoodedOriole_D5X9529-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers spend winters in Mexico and Central America. Those I met here are just passing through and will continue north to the southeastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 10:08 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X9600-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers spend winters in Mexico and Central America. Those I met here are just passing through and will continue north to the southeastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:13 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X9787-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers spend winters in Mexico and Central America. Those I met here are just passing through and will continue north to the southeastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:14 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X9796-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Indigo Bunting(Passerina cyanea) |
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Description: Indigo Buntings spend their winters in Mexico, Caribbean Islands, and Central America. Those I met here are just passing through and will continue north to the southeastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 12:55 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: IndigoBunting_D5X0205-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Indigo Bunting(Passerina cyanea) |
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Description: Indigo Buntings spend their winters in Mexico, Caribbean Islands, and Central America. Those I met here are just passing through and will continue north to the southeastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 12:57 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: IndigoBunting_D5X0238-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Indigo Bunting(Passerina cyanea) |
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Description: Indigo Buntings spend their winters in Mexico, Caribbean Islands, and Central America. Those I met here are just passing through and will continue north to the southeastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:34 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: IndigoBunting_D5X9849-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Lincoln's Sparrow(Melospiza lincolnii) |
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Description: Lincoln’s Sparrows wintering in Texas will soon head north to breed. Some will travel as far as Canada and Alaska. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:32 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: LincolnsSparrow_D5X9840-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Nashville Warbler(Leiothlypis ruficapilla) |
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Description: Most Nashville Warblers winter in Mexico, though a few will stay in south Texas until the call of migration sends them north as far as southern Canada. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 13:00 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: NashvilleWarbler_D5X0267-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Orange-Crowned Warbler(Leiothlypis celata) |
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Description: All the Orange-Crowned Warblers wintering in south Texas will leave soon to breed in the Rocky Mountain states or in Canada and Alaska. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 9:37 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: OrangeCrownedWarbler_D5X9496-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Orchard Oriole(Icterus spurius) |
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Description: Orchard Orioles winter in southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. A few of these birds will stay in south Texas, but most will continue their migration throughout most of the USA east of the Rockies. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 9:52 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: OrchardOriole_D5X9506-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ovenbird(Seiurus aurocapilla) |
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Description: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean host Ovenbirds in winter, but when spring comes, they migrate to the northern USA and southern and central Canada. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 10:59 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: Ovenbird_D5X9756-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Painted Bunting(Passerina ciris) |
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Description: Painted Buntings are some of the most gaudy birds on the planet and always draw the attention of bird-loving humans. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 12:38 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: PaintedBunting_D5X0115-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Painted Bunting(Passerina ciris) |
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Description: Painted Buntings are some of the most gaudy birds on the planet and always draw the attention of bird-loving humans. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 12:39 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: PaintedBunting_D5X0137-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Painted Bunting(Passerina ciris) |
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Description: Painted Buntings are some of the most gaudy birds on the planet and always draw the attention of bird-loving humans. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 13:17 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: PaintedBunting_D5X0322-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Worm-Eating Warbler(Helmitheros vermivorum) |
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Description: Until this morning, I’d never met a Worm-Eating Warbler. Their migration route from Mexico to eastern USA takes most of them through south Texas. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:47 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WormEatingWarbler_D5X0003-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Worm-Eating Warbler(Helmitheros vermivorum) |
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Description: Until this morning, I’d never met a Worm-Eating Warbler. Their migration route from Mexico to eastern USA takes most of them through south Texas. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:47 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: WormEatingWarbler_D5X9987-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker(Sphyrapicus varius) |
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Description: Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers winter in the southeastern USA and south through Texas, Mexico and Central America. They all leave their winter homes to travel as far north as Canada and eastern Alaska to raise the next generation. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 10:03 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: YellowBelliedSapsucker_D5X9571-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Rumped Warbler(Setophaga coronata coronata) |
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Description: Yellow-Rumped Warblers are plentiful in Texas all winter, but depart for lands to the north in spring to raise families. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 10:05 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: YellowRumpedWarbler_D5X9574-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Throated Vireo(Vireo flavifrons) |
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Description: Some Yellow-Throated Vireos winter in the Caribbean, but most stay in southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Most will migrate through south Texas in spring on their way to summer homes in eastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:36 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: YellowThroatedVireo_D5X9878-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Throated Vireo(Vireo flavifrons) |
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Description: Some Yellow-Throated Vireos winter in the Caribbean, but most stay in southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Most will migrate through south Texas in spring on their way to summer homes in eastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:38 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: YellowThroatedVireo_D5X9895-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Throated Vireo(Vireo flavifrons) |
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Description: Some Yellow-Throated Vireos winter in the Caribbean, but most stay in southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Most will migrate through south Texas in spring on their way to summer homes in eastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:41 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: YellowThroatedVireo_D5X9940-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Throated Vireo(Vireo flavifrons) |
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Description: Some Yellow-Throated Vireos winter in the Caribbean, but most stay in southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Most will migrate through south Texas in spring on their way to summer homes in eastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:41 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: YellowThroatedVireo_D5X9946-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Throated Warbler(Setophaga dominica) |
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Description: Some Yellow-Throated Warblers winter on the Texan gulf coast. Those wintering in Mexico will migrate through south Texas in spring on their way to summer homes in eastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 10:09 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: YellowThroatedWarbler_D5X9645-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Throated Warbler(Setophaga dominica) |
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Description: Some Yellow-Throated Warblers winter on the Texan gulf coast. Those wintering in Mexico will migrate through south Texas in spring on their way to summer homes in eastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 10:12 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: YellowThroatedWarbler_D5X9721-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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