Jan-Feb 2009 Sandpiper Newsletter Grays Harbor Audubon Society

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Membership MeetingSunday February 1, 2009Identifying GH Birds

1:30 pm 3 pmPearsall Building

2109 Sumner Avenue, Aberdeen

The

Sandpiper

January/February 2009

Results of the 2008 GraysHarbor Christmas BirdCount

By Dianna Moore

Saturday, Dec 27th was a goodday to compile birds for poster-

ity. Twenty-six souls coveredeight geographic areas of GraysHarbor; two areas remained un-counted due to weather-related,delayed Christmas plans or last-minute illness, but the rest ofthe territories were thoroughlycanvassed. We had some minorshowers, 48 degree tempera-tures.almost balmy comparedto other localesand no wind.

We counted 142 species of birds, with a total number of

73,239. That is a really greatcount! I have compiled the fol-lowing list for those who enjoykeeping track of our results. Thenumbers in parenthesis indi-cate the total of each bird seen.I have also put an asterisk nextto notable species. This was theyear that deep snow drove birdsto our territory to feed, so seeingSnow Geese on the golf course in

Ocean Shores was a joy, and Red- breasted Sapsuckers in the low-lands happens infrequently. Thetwo real rarities were the Moun-tain Chickadee found at a feederin Hoquiam by Ruth Sullivansparty of three and the three Gray-crowned Rosy Finches found bytwo separate parties, one on thesouth end of Ocean Shores and

one eight miles north near theQuinault Beach Resort. Both ofthese species were out-of-area.Here is the list:

Red-throated Loon (88), PacicLoon (8), Common Loon (45),Pied-billed Grebe (19), HornedGrebe (28), Red-necked Grebe(3), Western Grebe (126), Short-tailed Shearwater (1), *BrownPelican (52), Double-crestedCormorant (84), Brandts Cor-

morant (3), Pelagic Cormorant(49) cormorant species (3), GreatBlue Heron (63), Greater White-fronted Goose (49), *SnowGoose (11), Canada Goose (764),Brant (138), Cackling Goose(79), *Trumpeter Swan (29),Gadwall (89), Eurasian Wigeon(2), American Wigeon (1,243),Mallard (593), Northern Shovel-er (287), Northern Pintail (744),Green-winged Teal (537), Can-vasback (68), Ring-necked Duck

(16), Greater Scaup (323), LesserScaup (294), scaup species (12),Harlequin Duck (8), Surf Sco-ter (514), White-winged Scoter(126), Black Scoter (24), Long-tailed Duck (1), Bufehead (388),Common Goldeneye (27), Hood-ed Merganser (35), Red-breastedMerganser (58), Common Mer-ganser (39), Ruddy Duck (4),Bald Eagle-adult (15), imm. (9),

unknown (1), Northern Harrier(25), Sharp-shinned Hawk (6),Coopers Hawk (10), Red-tailedHawk (22), Rough-legged Hawk(3), Merlin (1), Peregrine Falcon(6), Ring-necked Pheasant (3),Ruffed Grouse (1), Virginia Rail(10), Sora (2), American Coot(14), Black-bellied Plover (642),

Semi-palmated Plover (13), Kill-deer (111), *Black Oystercatcher(2), Greater Yellowlegs (9), Spot-ted Sandpiper (1), Ruddy Turn-stone (1), Black Turnstone (77),Surfbird (26), Sanderling (726),Western Sandpiper (221), LeastSandpiper (376), Rock Sandpip-er (54), Dunlin (42,189), Long- billed Dowitcher (20), WilsonsSnipe (108), Mew Gull (654),

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Annas Hummingbird inthe Pacic NorthwestA Conversation with DavidHutchinson February 7th

Join in this free workshop on An-nas Hummingbirds. Many of usin the Pacic Northwest are see-ing these birds in our winter gar-dens for the rst time. We havelots of questions: How does Anna make a living in

this climate? When did this hummer expandits range into the Northwest? What role do our feeders andwinter-blooming plants play? Do late summer hummingbirdfeeders push Annas into stayinginto the winter? Do male and female Annas holdfeeding territories

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The Presidents Perch

By Arnie Martin

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GHAS MissionThe mission of the Grays

Harbor Audubon Society isto seek a sustainable balancebetween human activity andthe needs of the environ-ment; and to promote enjoy-ment of birds and the naturalworld

Your Grays Harbor AudubonSociety (GHAS) board of direc-tors has been busy working onvarious projects, including the2008 Grays Harbor ChristmasBird Count, the 2009 ShorebirdFestival, and responding to themany demands that arise fromthe management of the Conser-vation Properties that the GHAudubon owns.

In the case of the ChristmasBird Count, Dianna Moore han-

dled all the details and organi-zation herself. Im fairly sureshe would have welcomed somehelp from willing volunteers.At least she had some volun-teer observers and didnt haveto cover the entire 176 squaremiles within the count circle by herself, although the rem-nants of the snowy weather didkeep some additional observersaway!

We realize that many of youwould like to have addition-al activities, such as birdingeld trips, be available to you.Wouldnt one or two of you as-sist the eld trip chair (again Di-anna Moore) with planning and/or leading some local trips in ourcountys bird-rich areas? Thisis one of the best ways to get in-volved in your local Audubonchapter and its activities (I gothooked on a eld trip where we

saw a rare Eurasian bird (tuftedduck) on my rst time out).Perhaps some of you have local

contacts in the environmental,photography, art, etc. areas. Our program chair (Dianna Mooreagain) would love to have somesuggestions and help in planningmembership programs. We onlyhave four membership meetingsa year (October, December, Feb-

ruary, and April) not countingour annual membership picnicin June. Please at least contactDianna with some suggestionson possible meeting topics.We also need to boost member-

ship all the above (Christmas

Count, Field Trips, and Pro-grams) serve to provide the in-centive to attend an activity, butwe do need some additional ac-tivities to attract people who maynd our organization attractiveenough to join. Our member-ship chair (Dianna Moore onemore time) would love to havemany more members to send outnewsletters to (she also handlesmuch of that task).

Other Audubon activities in-

volve maintenance and manage-ment of the conservation prop-erties that GHAS owns. TheHabitat Committee, formerlyheaded by Dean Schwickerath,is the group that has obtainedgrants to purchase these prop-erties, and this committee triesto maintain them in an ecologi-cally benecial manner. TheAudubon properties are mainlyshoreline properties bordering

Grays Harbor and local for-estland properties. We needvolunteers to visit some of the properties and, in some cases,to remove invasive plants, andto deter destructive activities onthe properties.

Janet Strong is our Conserva-tion Chair in addition to hermany other activities with localconservation groups. You mayhave read some articles in TheDaily World regarding grants

that the Chehalis River BasinLand Trust has received to pro-tect lands bordering the Hoqui-am River. Kudos to Janet andthe CRBLT!! The ConservationCommittee is the branch of theAudubon Society that alerts the board and the membership tothreats to our local habitat thatmay result from new local, stateand federal regulations, new and

changes in existing practices inthe management of our forestlands, our rivers and harbor, andour own properties (lawn chem-icals, etc.) Janet also could de-nitely use some additional headsto help ll the many hats that

she wears.Please also note the great pay

for all these activities and dutiesthat are available to you: $0.00 per hour and all the satisfac-tion that you can carry. Someof the younger (student) volun-teers can get community servicehours along with the satisfac-tion; arent they the fortunateones? We will be happy to greetall volunteers with our grati-tude, even if some of you get

the community service hoursand we dont. Please attend oneof our activities and nd out ifour Grays Harbor Audubon So-ciety is an organization that youwould like to join.

Are you interested in receiv-ing The Sandpiper online?Send us your email addressand we can forward the latestissue the moment it is readyto publish or visit http://ghas.org to view the newsletter asa color pdf le.


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BirdNote sings, but forhow long?

by Ellen Blackstone,BirdNote

Here is the single most compli-cated thing to understand aboutBirdNotes funding: radio sta-tions do NOT pay for the show.Imagine that! Yes, they pay NPRfor the news programs, etc. ButBirdNote itself pays all the costsof creating and producing Bird-Note shows. Thats why angels,large and small, are so impor-tant to us. BirdNote is its ownnonprot, a 501(c)(3), and isresponsible for content and for

raising its operating funds.I think that people usually as-sume that if they support KPLU-- or whatever station airs itwhere they live -- they are sup-porting BirdNote. Not so. KPLUgraciously supplies the air-time,but that is it. (Thats good, be-cause we couldnt afford theair-time, too!) People have saidto us, Wow, the show seems

really popular. You guys must

be making a lot of money! Oh,dear! not the case at all!But we persist. We hear from

listeners all over the country,even all over the world, many ofwhom listen to the podcast or onthe web, rather than on the ra-dio. And their kind words keepus going. We all love what weredoing, and hope to improve theworld for birds.

In our business plan 2009-2011, we are ready to expand

our listenership to one million.As we do, we want to highlightconservationists whose inspir-ing stories show the way to pro-tect habitat. We want to engagelisteners on-line and in theircommunities; and secure cor-porate underwriting. Weve gotthe team to do it: we have theknowledge, the creativity, thescience, and the experience.

But rst we need to address

BirdNotes nancial survival.Public radio stations do not payfor independently produced pro-gramming. The stations providevaluable air time. Its BirdNote,under the umbrella of Tune Into Nature, that pays all creative,administrative, and productioncosts.BirdNote http://www.birdnote.

org

Editors Note: You can help keep these

incredibly delightful sounds coming tous through your radio and download-

ed online by your generous donation to

BirdNote 3725 French Road, PO Box

37 Clinton, WA 98236. Please let them

know that you saw this in the GHAS

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Grab your binoculars and jointhe Olympic BirdFest 2009 cel-ebration at the Dungeness RiverAudubon Center, April 3-5,2009.

The stage is setquiet baysand estuaries, sandy beaches, ave-mile-long sand spit, and a protected island bird sanctuaryon the Strait of Juan de Fuca;wetlands, tide pools, rainfor-ests, and lush river valleys. The

players are ready MarbledMurrelets, Rhinoceros Auklets,Harlequin Ducks, Black Oyster-catchers, Peregrine Falcons, andPygmy owls will be sportingtheir nest spring plumage forthis celebration. Enjoy guided birding trips, boat tours; and atraditional salmon bake at theJamestown SKlallam TribalCenter.

Come bird with us and expe-rience with others the spectacu-

lar landscapes of the OlympicPeninsula you just might gohome with a new bird for yourlife list! Check out the offerings by going online (http://www.olympicbirdfest.org),or callingfor a brochure.

Also this year! Follow yourBirdFest weekend with a three-day, two night birding cruise

of the spectacular San Juan Is-lands on April 5-7, 2009. VisitSan Juan and Sucia Islands, andmore. Stay at the historic RocheHarbor Resort. Get program in-formation and registration formsonline at: http://olympicbirdfest.

org.Contact us by phone, at360-681-4076,E-mail us [email protected] ,Or write to us at:Dungeness RiverAudubon CenterP.O. Box 2450Sequim, WA 98382

Bird count continued frompage 1

Ring-billed Gull (59), Califor-nia Gull (1), Herring Gull (10),Thayers Gull (23), WesternGull (452), Glaucous-wingedGull (267), Glaucous-winged/Western hybrid (1,117), *Glau-cous Gull (3), gull species (238),Black-legged Kittiwake (2),Common Murre (5), *MarbledMurrelet (6), *Ancient Murrelet(2), Rhinoceros Auklet (1), RockDove/pigeon? (103), *Mourn-ing Dove (1), Great Horned Owl

(2), Barred Owl (1), Short-earedOwl (1), Annas Hummingbird(14), Belted Kingsher (9),*Red-breasted Sapsucker (3),Downy Woodpecker (2), HairyWoodpecker (3), NorthernFlicker-Red Shafted (142), Yel-low-shafted (3), Northern Shrike(1), Huttons Vireo (2), StellersJay (104), Western Scrub Jay

April 3 -5 2009

(2), Crow species (1,653), Com-mon Raven (16), Horned Lark(2), Black-capped Chickadee(358), *Mountain Chickadee(1), Chestnut-backed Chicka-dee (144), Bushtit (80), Red- breasted Nuthatch (38), Brown

Creeper (3), Bewicks Wren(33), Winter Wren (35), MarshWren (28), Golden-crownedKinglet (172), Ruby-crownedKinglet (62), *Townsends Soli-taire (1), Hermit Thrush (14),American Robin (423), VariedThrush (599), European Star-ling (10,122), American Pipit(16), Cedar Waxwing (2), Yel-low-rumped Warbler-Myrtle(328), Townsends Warbler (1),Spotted Towhee (212), Savan-

nah Sparrow (1), Fox Sparrow(474), Song Sparrow (331),White-crowned Sparrow (83),Golden-crowned Sparrow (573),Dark-eyed Junco-Oregon (403),Red-winged Blackbird (467),Western Meadowlark (10),Brewers Blackbird (6), **Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (3), PurpleFinch (35), House Finch (107),Red Crossbill (68), Pine Siskin(1,031), American Goldnch

(34), House Sparrow (259).

photo by Gary Murrell

Time to take in the feeder--you think?

photo by Knoll Lowney


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photo by ImageNorthwest

Cabin Fever

Buried in snow, dry stemsOf withered roses. Branches andTree-trunks bend dark under ice.

Hawks now hunt in the parks,Harassed by obstinate crows.The small birds have vanished.Erased are the hieroglyph claw tracksFrom pages of downriver mudats

Where is the light of spring?Will the sun shine ever again?Will mid-morning river mistEver again rise from the water?I yearn for the purple nches,Their wine colored plumage,And the full throated Canada geese

Voicing shrill cries overhead.

Franz K. SchneiderSpringtime*

Riding the blue ribbons of air,the monarchs of the springHave returned. Now their glory glidesBefore our eyes in majestic condescension.Ill at ease in our ungainly walking,We stand still and gaze,

Weighed down by the guild and shameOf earthbound winter appetites.

Tonight, well oat on down-breastSoftness in our dreams, until we hearThe low pitched trumpeting at dawn when,Feathers dripping silver and wingtipsDipped in rose, the swans take offInto the every faithful rising sunAnd, wheeling sharply towards East,Head for ancestral Yellowstone

Franz K. Schneider

*for Wes and Gertie Hanson


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The Dragon of theYangtze River

by Jan McMillan

In October, Ann Haarer and Ispent 14 days in China. We had

a wonderful guide and got tosee so many things wed heardabout all our lives; Giant Pan-das, The Great Wall, The TerraCotta Warriors, TiananmenSquare, the Temple of Heaven,beautiful Shanghi and more. Butthe highlight of our trip was athree day cruise down the Yang-tze River to the site of the nearlycompleted Three Gorges Dam.

My image of the dam was one

of a giant dragon (dragons arevery big in China!) moving upthe river from east to west andgobbling up the gorges as hespewed out a ood of water thatrose the level of the river anddrove the ancient people thatlived along its banks from theirhomes and villages. By the timethe dam is nished, over 74,000acres of cultivated land will besubmerged. 1.13 million peoplewill have been resettled from

the 13, cities, 140 towns and1352 villages that will be inun-dated. In addition, 8000 recog-nized archaeological sites andnumerous temples and pagodaswill be lost. There are threemajor reasons that the Chinesegovernment decided to build thedam. The rst and most obvi-ous reason is energy. The damwill produce 15% of Chinas

electricity, mostly in the Yang-tze River Basin area. The outputwill be equivalent to 50 milliontons of coal. As China works toclean up their environment, thisis important to them. It is hoped

that the dam will also reducethe severity of ooding by 90%.And nally, it will allow the passage of 10,000 ton ships toupriver to Chongquing insteadof only 5000 ton ships.

But there are also many rea-sons for opposition to the dam.80 species of sh, Yangtze dol- phin, nless porpoise, Chinesesturgeon and giant panda willbe endangered. 108 sites of cul-

tural and historic importancewill be lost. Opponents believethe ood control benets have been overstated and that heavysediments will buildup in thereservoir and likely continue tohinder navigation. The humansuffering cannot be measuredas people are driven from theirancient homes and villages andforced to relocate higher up onthe gorges or in nearby townsand cities. This is especially

true of the older people. Someare worried that the dam could be a potential disaster area bybecoming a military or terroristtarget.

China has come bursting intothe 21st Century and the ThreeGorges Dam Project is a sym- bol of Chinas booming econ-omy during the last couple ofdecades. The citizens of China

are proud of their emergence asan economic force in the worldand happy about the benets thedam will bring. I can remem-ber the pride we felt in the 50sand 60s when dams were con-

structed along the Columbia andSnake rivers here in WashingtonState. It meant water for irriga-tion for our farms and orchardsand power to help run our newlyacquired washing machines andrefrigerators. But we now real-ize the collateral cost of thesedams. The people of China areawakening to this awarenessalso. Ironically as we cruisedthrough the gorges we saw signs

urging conservation and care ofthe environment placed alongthe banks of the river.

While I am grateful my visitto the Three Gorges I could onlyimagine what it was like beforethe damthe women washingtheir clothes along the river andgathering water for their dailychores; the small village gardensand pens lled with animals thatprovided food for their families;the men of the village shing

from the banks and boats onthe river; and children tendingthe small graveyards that heldthe bones of a century of ances-tors. All before the arrival of theDragon of the Yangtze.

map from Wikapedia, the free ency-

clopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Yangtze_River


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Grays Harbor Audubondepends on you.

We wont be part of the Stim-ulus Package, so we need torely on your generosity andthe kindness of friends to keepGHAS going. Please renew

your membership NOW and doit frequently. We know that it istough out there and we appreci-ate anything that you can do tohelp out your Chapter to con-tinue to achieve the great thingsweve done in the name of birdsand people.

1. The Habitat Protection Pro-gram has placed into conser-vation close to 4,000 acres ofsensitive land in Gray Harbor,Pacic and Jefferson Counties.If you have property or want todonate to help with acquisitionof property, please contact theHabitat Committee.

2. Membership meetings intro-duce subjects and people to ourmembership that affect our livesand those of around us.

3. The Annual Shorebird Festi-

val is co-sponsored by GHASand brings thousands of birdersto our shores to view the annualmigration of shorebirds, Thiswill be the 14th Annual and heldApril 24th - 26th.

4. We provide the organizationand direction for the ChristmasBird Count.

5. We produce The Sandpip-er, our bi-monthly newsletter,

which is chock full of tidbitsthat help us get out the wordabout birds.

Your Chapter provides so much,for so little. Please renew at thehighest level possible. If youcan make an additional dona-tion please include that in yourmembership update.

Membership meetingpromises Good Eatsand how to ID GH birds

Hospitality chair Linda Orgelhas promised to bring one of hersignature decadences --Triple

Chocolate Brownies for the Feb-ruary membership meeting.Any other reason to attend??

Absolutely! Program chair Di-anna Moore presents a sessionon Birding 101 for Grays Har-bor. She will give out checklistsfor our local birds and have col-or photos, bird songs and habi-tat locations where birds can befound. This is a great opportu-nity to understand and identifywhats in your backyard.

The meeting will be held at thePearsall Building 2109 SumnerAvenue on February 1st begin-ning at 1:30 PM. The room ison the east end of the Grays Har-bor Chamber of Commerce.

Establishing a CoastalMarine Resource Com-mitteeIn the 2007 and 2008 legislativesessions, the Washington State

Legislature endorsed the MarineResource Committee (MRC) ap-proach to local marine resourcemanagement and stewardship inthe ve southern Puget Soundcounties and ve coastal coun-ties. A new program was cre-ated within the Washington De- partment of Fish and Wildlife(WDFW) to provide support forthe development, administra-tion, and coordination of coast-al MRCs and MRC-sponsored

projects that benet coastal ma-rine resources. Coastal countiesand their citizens are currentlyexploring this opportunity tocreate a non-regulatory mecha-nism for communities to discussand develop solutions for issuesfacing coastal resources andcommunities. Clallam, Jeffer-son, Grays Harbor, and PacicCounties are working in partner-

ship with WDFW, coastal tribes,governmental agencies, marineindustry and businesses, non-governmental organizations,and local citizens to understandand explore the MRC approach.Grays Harbor County, rst to

take steps towards forming anMRC, has established a formal planning process, launched awebsite, and produced a reporton the application of the MRCmodel developed in north PugetSound to the coast of Washing-ton. Those involved in coastalMRC activities have identiedcountless opportunities to im- plement much-needed marineresource projects and build vitalcommunication networks and

partnerships among coastal resi-dents. They have also identiedseveral challenges such as greattravel distances, rural and smallcommunities, and an alreadycrowded landscape of resourcemanagement programs and au-thorities. Residents, govern-ments, and organizations haveused these challenges to developnew and creative solutions anda unique approach appropriate

for the coast. Implementationof these developments will re-quire continued Coastal MRCProgram funding at or abovethe current level. Guided by theWashington Ocean Action Plan,MRC activity will improve sci-entic knowledge, public under-standing, protection and restora-tion, and management of marinehabitats and species and compli-ment ongoing efforts to preserveand enhance coastal and ocean

resources.Taken from WDFW 2008 Report tothe Legislature. Your GHAS Audubon

Chapter along with others have been

very active in the development of the

Outer Coast MRC and the Grays

Harbor MRC.


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GHAS Board of Directors

Steve Hallstrom 273-9280 [email protected]

Theressa Julius 537-4386 [email protected]

Arnie Martin 612-0437 [email protected]

Dianna Moore 289-5048 [email protected]

Mary ONeill 533-9833 [email protected] Orgel 648-2476 [email protected]

Renee Prine 268-0485

Diane Schwickerath 495-3101 [email protected]

Janet Strong 495-3950 [email protected]

Chapter Ofcers

President Arnie Martin 612-0437

[email protected]

Vice President Mary ONeill 533-9833

[email protected]

Treasurer Diane Schwickerath 495-3101

[email protected] Theressa Julius, 537-4386

[email protected]

Committee Chairs

Newsletter R.D. Grunbaum, 648-2476

[email protected]

Membership Dianna Moore 289-5048

[email protected]

Conservation Janet Strong, 495-3950

[email protected]

Education Renee Prine, 268-0485

Field Trips Dianna Moore 289-5048

[email protected]

Program Chair Dianna Moore 289-5048

[email protected]

Hospitality Linda Orgel 648-2476

[email protected]

Publicity Vacant

Habitat Vacant

Other Audubon Contacts

GHAS voice mail (800) 303-8498

State Audubon (360) 786-8020

National Audubon (212) 979-3000

GHAS Website http://www.ghas.org

Anna workshop continuedfrom page 1 Does this bird nest in our gar-dens in the summer? Do Annas go the mountainsin July for summer wildowerblooms?

What role does Rufous Hum-mingbird play in the life of An-nas?David Hutchinson will lead the

discussion, as we explore thelives of these birds. The work-shop will be held at NisquallyWildlife Refuge. Details arebelow

Date: February 7th, 2009 Time: Noon - 3:00 pm. Location: Auditorium

Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. Bring: Questions about An-nas, photos and eld observa-tions to share with the group.David Hutchinson is a natural-

ist, birder and bookseller. Hehas led eld trips and classesfor North Cascades Institute,Seattle Audubon Society, Se-attle Parks Dept. and the OrionSociety. He has observed hum-mingbirds in the US, Mexicoand Ecuador and banded them

at Point Reyes Bird Observa-tory. He is currently the rstvolunteer land steward for Se-attles Discovery Park.

In 1981 he received a FrankM. Chapman grant from theAmerican Natural History Mu-seum to run a study of the oc-currence and behavior of An-nas Hummingbird in the parkand the feeders in the surround-ing neighborhood of Magnolia;this project involved two years

of eld work.He brings to this workshopa wide range of experience &enthusiasm about these excep-tional birds.Contact event organizer JanetPartlow - 352-7902 or [email protected] thanks to Nisqually Wildlife

Refuge for providing space for this

workshop!


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