After a pleasant morning in Central Park with fairly good activity at
the Point, I headed for Fuch's pond, where I entered the rare echelon of
birders who missed the prothonotary warbler three separate times. I
thereupon headed to Sunken Meadow park for a stroll on the boardwalk
with my wife.
The link to photo/video did not go through. I'll try again.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/50403904@N03/14018161686/
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Despite my abysmal record of success at finding target birds this year, I
visited Doodletown Road today hoping to get the Cerulean and Kentucky warblers
that had eluded me thus far. I arrived early, only to be swarmed with
mosquitos and flies. There was plenty of birdsong, but I had to keep
I had a very nice morning of birding today, where things just seemed to fall in
place. (But then again, those other mornings don't usually get posted.) I
first headed for the EPCAL area in Calverton. I birded both north and south of
the corner of Grumman Ave and Line Road. Partway through I
I had pretty low expectations when I drove to Garvey's Point Preserve this
morning. When I had been there on Thursday it had been relatively quiet. But
my visit to Alley Pond yesterday had left me feeling warbler-deprived, so after
the morning rain subsided, I decided to give it another try.
had pretty low expectations when I drove to Garvey's Point Preserve this
morning. When I had been there on Thursday it had been relatively quiet. But
my visit to Alley Pond yesterday had left me feeling warbler-deprived, so after
the morning rain subsided, I decided to give it another try.
After missing yesterday's big push of birds into Alley Pond Park, I came early
today hoping some of them stuck around, particularly the Connecticut warbler
found by Eric Miller and Harry east of Decadon Pond. I struck out on the
Connecticut, saw nothing at the ballfields, and had few warblers
There was nice correlation of last night's radar and Steve's observations at
Jones Beach. The density of radar reflectivity was moderate, but the overall
migration appeared to be southeasterly, with peaks ending centered on the
Nassau-Suffolk border. Looks like there might be some corrective
It was interesting to hear about the large movement at Floyd Bennet Field this
morning, and that the birds were heading west northwest, not south. The radar
last night showed a very high bird density moving southeast, ending centered on
mid Long Island. The density dissipated by 6 AM (1000
While the compilation of data from observation may be useful in studying the
behavior of birders, the very behavior being studied may be a consequence of
the ways in which data is used. The shift toward chasing rarities may not
relate to changes in human motivation or culture. Rather, I
Went looking for sparrows today. There were good numbers of grasshopper
sparrows at EPCAL in Calverton, perhaps due to a number of juveniles trying out
their wings. I was also happy to see that the Lark sparrow was still present
near the volleyball courts east of the Field 2 parking lot at
After hanging around for 2 hours and missing the bird yesterday morning, I
deserted my wife for breakfast today to try again. This time it paid off, as
the bird was there and was close to the edge of the pond west of the bird
blind. Attached is a link to a video.
There were only modest densities of birds on radar last night over NYC and Long
Island, but the range was broad and the velocities were low, suggesting that
flyover and continuing morning migration might be reduced. To get a sampling of
birds reaching northern LI I visited the dump area of
The very cooperative Dickcissel found yesterday by John Gluth was present this
morning behind the Park Avenue tennis courts of Southward’s Pond Park. Shortly
after 9 he flew way out toward the western horizon, but returned 15 minutes
later. Just as I was leaving he plopped down on the lawn 10
irding,
Peter
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> From: "Peter Reisfeld drpi...@yahoo.com [ebirdsnyc]"
> <ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Flushing Meadow sparrows
> Date: December 25, 2015 at 4:07:00 PM EST
> To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu,
I visited EPCAL in Calverton in hoping to see the resident blue grosbeak.
While I struck out with the grosbeak, I had a very pleasant morning at this
lovely property, viewing grasshopper and field sparrows, good numbers of pine
and prairie warblers, orchard orioles, flycatchers, and a
Heard off of an asphalt east-west path, just north of trial 7 and east of the
Walled garden. Coordinates are 40.826833,-73.534751. The bird was singing
intermittently at 9AM in this location and then headed further south into an
area further from pathways.
Happy birding,
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Ooops. East-west path is just SOUTH of trail 7.
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> From: Peter Reisfeld <drpi...@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Kentucky warbler, Muttontown preserve continues
> Date: May 30, 2016 at 10:45:07 AM EDT
> To: "NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu" <N
There is a gorgeous redheaded woodpecker frequenting the feeders south of the
paddock between the blue barn and the main houses at Connetquot. Here is a link
to a video
https://flic.kr/p/HxcCcP
Happy late spring birding
Peter
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https://flic.kr/p/GzajmK
Happy spring birding
Peter
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For looking at specific radar stations I like the NCAR site. It is pretty
basic, but one can conveniently vary the loop interval to go back to sunset and
get the takeoff and evolution of the densities. Also in single image mode, a
click on the screen changes it to velocity mode useful to see
For looking at specific radar stations I like the NCAR site. It is pretty
basic, but one can conveniently vary the loop interval to go back to sunset and
get the takeoff and evolution of the densities. Also in single image mode, a
click on the screen changes it to velocity mode useful to see
I made my annual pilgrimage to Doodletown Road today in the pleasant company of
Bob and Collen Veltri. We saw good numbers of ceruleans, including females on
nest. Hoodeds were everywhere, often singing alternate songs, one of which was
a spitting image of a yellow throated warbler. When we
I have also noticed that there have been a number of days this season in which
there was good migration reported on the ground, but relatively low densities
seen on radar. While the variation of wind direction at different altitudes
may offer a path for birds to migrate on nights that the
This observation by David may help explain the migration/radar paradox we have
been observing. Perhaps when birds migrate under cloudy conditions, they are
more likely to fly low and therefore escape detection by radar.
Peter
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> On May 5, 2016, at 7:34 AM, David
A Connecticut warbler was found this AM by Eric Miller on the paved path to
Little Alley Pond as reached from the stairway going down from Vanderbilt
Parkway
Great birds here today
Peter
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While not exactly hopping, there were clearly more migrants at Alley Pond park
today than on my 2 previous jaunts this fall season. I saw 8 species of warbler
including Canada, BT green and a remarkable 7 chestnut-sided warblers in
various locations within the park. But the highlight was a
While I was able to get nice video from the cooperative Chat
(https://vimeo.com/193100449) , the Tanager just kept moving, mostly up high in
bad light. The only decent shot was a snippet of the bird pooping. So for
those interested, enjoy:
https://vimeo.com/193100508
Happy vagrant birding,
Present this AM spotted by Paul Bordon in trees above eastern portion of east
west path
Peter
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I birded Kissena Park for a couple hours this AM with Jeff Ritter and Bob and
Collen Veltri. A bit of stuff must have come in under the radar during the
past few days, because it was surprisingly birdy. Most numerous were robins
and song sparrows,many of whom were singing on this warm fall
I birded Jones Beach this morning with Bob Veltri and Jeff Ritter, hoping to
see some migrating sparrows. Bob’s intuition to pick Jones was a good one, and
was confirmed by the moderate levels of reflectivity on radar dispersing over
mid long island this morning.
While initially things were
While I do not profess expertise in this matter, I just wanted to comment on
the study by Baumann et. al in the Journal of Field Ornithology on
distinguishing Western and yellow bellied flycatchers. While precise
separation of these species required in-the-hand measurement of wing and buffy
While I do not profess expertise in this matter, I just wanted to comment on
the study by Baumann et. al in the Journal of Field Ornithology on
distinguishing Western and yellow bellied flycatcher. While precise separation
required in the hand measurement of wing and buffy fringe lengths, as
For the benefit of birding procrastinators everywhere the Townsend Solitaire
was again present at about 8:05 on the cedar between 1725 and 1625 North Sea
Drive in Southold. He then erratically flew into various bare deciduous trees
south of the road. Dull video on ebird checklist for couch
Having done the Christmas bird count with Jeff Ritter last week, I decided to
revisit the Kissena Park on Christmas day to see what was still around. While
numbers were down a bit from last week, the Red-headed woodpecker continues to
be an active presence, and can heard loudly rattling on the
Third time was a charm. This morning around 10 AM the eared grebe finally
graciously cooperated by appearing relatively close to shore, and then by
joining with his horned cousin for prolonged looks. Seen far west of the
entrance approaching the Sore Thumb peninsula. Here’s a link to a
Timberdoodlemania is not just confined to New York City. Around 1PM today as I
was searching (unsuccessfully) for the Northern Goshawk at the Massapequa
Preserve I surprised 3 American woodcocks just west of the Pittsburgh Avenue
lake. Also seen in the park were killdeer and an overwintering
The curse has been broken. After dipping on my last 8 attempts in 3 states,
today I got not only one, but TWO prothonotary warblers! Many thanks to the
wonderful birding community, to Gabriel Willow for finding the Marine Park
bird, to Eric Miller for valiantly rescuing it from the clutches
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Birding with Jeff Ritter and the Veltris north of Decadon pond. Hooded and
blue-winged found earlier by the Veltris in an
That’s ridiculous. Mastodons don’t congregate in colonies. It’s obviously
pseudomonas mendocina.
Peter
> On May 26, 2017, at 7:35 AM, Rick wrote:
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indigo bunting. Found by Mike Veder.
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Great article (evidencing a ton of hard work) by Shai and Pat proposing a
slingshot event to describe the migration of early 2005, and which showed the
same pattern as our current April migration.
There is corroborating evidence on radar to suggest a weather related boost for
the most recent
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Off trail bordering the Grand Central Parkway where it meets the Cross Island
Expressway. Found by (who else?) Eric Miller.
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Seen adjacent to the marsh along the entrance trail, about 50 yards before it
turns east and heads towards the artificial pond.
Good birding
Peter
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Sorry to tempt people into jeopardizing family relationships on Thanksgiving,
but I just happened upon the Western Tanager originally found by Eric Miller in
East Alley Creek a couple weeks ago. It was seen along a tractor path west of
the original sighting which takes its origin at two orange
While I saw a lot of photos posted on ebirds, I didn’t see any video. So if
anyone is interested, here is a video of the newest Long Island avian
celebrity. Kudos to the Feustels for the discovery.
https://vimeo.com/241949564
Wishing you good birds,
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The Western Tanager found by Eric Miller yesterday ranged a bit today, from the
willow at the pond to the shrubby area south and even to the vegetation on the
north side of 35th avenue (where the Wilson’s was foraging). While not always
easy to find, when present, she put on quite a show.
I meant warbler
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> Good birds near velodrome. Vesper sparrow around ballfield 6 west of drone..
> Orange crowned sp
Good birds near velodrome. Vesper sparrow around ballfield 6 west of drone.
Orange crowned sparrow in orchard east of it.
Good birding
Peter
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I don’t have an explanation for it. The activity over water near the shoreline
most likely indicates shorebird migration and would not explain high density of
songbirds birds over our parks. If you look at the landing density on both
mornings of your maps, it concentrates fairly symmetrically
Today I made my annual pilgimmage to Doodletown Road. By the time I had
climbed up Gray’s hill I had most of my target birds, with singing ceruleans,
yellow-throated vireos, indigo buntings, a yellow billed cuckoo, a singing
Louisiana waterthrush, a blue winged warbler, a worm-eating warbler,
The radar pattern tonight is similar to what it was last night. High
reflectivity and high velocity in a NW direction. Does this mean tomorrow will
be birdy or quiet? I can’t say for sure but I’d like to share some thoughts
about it.
Steve brings up the issue of promising radar reports
Being resubmitted as it did not appear in 30 minutes.
Gus makes an excellent point that you can sometimes get valuable information on
landing radar that you would not have predicted when making a report the night
before (see Stephane Perrault's report from Hempstead Lake yesterday). But I
Gus makes an excellent point that you can sometimes get valuable information
on landing radar that you would not have predicted when making a report the
night before (see Stephane Perrault's report from Hempstead Lake yesterday).
But I have still found significant discrepancies. I can't tell
White medial crown stripe
Minimal chest striping. No grey in nape. Photo link
https://flic.kr/p/ZQbYDu
Possible Le Conte's ?
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The male King Eider was present again today at Point Lookout near the second
westernmost jetty. Though the temperatures were mild, the waters were pretty
choppy, making spotting challenging at times. So I considered myself lucky to
get some passable video of the bird.
When reviewing my
There were plenty of birds at Point Lookout today including 28 purple
sandpipers, 4 harlequin ducks and a continuing first winter male King Eider.
The eider was off the second easternmost pile of rocks (just trying to keep
safe on terminology). That guy sure could hold his breath because he
In another sighting by Eric Miller yesterday multiple pines, including the pale
billed one, and the snipe were relocated along with an orange crowned warbler.
But has anyone sighted Eric Miller?
Good spring birding,
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Presumably continuing bird. Adult male flitting around SE Schodack pond.
Fairly birds here.
Good birding
Peter
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For the second night in a row, despite unfavorable winds, there is moderately
high reflectivity on radar, indicating a fairly good density of migrating
birds. But while yesterday things petered out (no pun intended) in NJ, tonight
it looks like they will be reaching the NYC metro area. Though
Arriving at Hempstead Lake in late morning seemed to have been the right time,
as there was a moderate break from the rain. It was surprisingly birdy around
Schodack pond with lots of yellow rumps, good numbers of palm and pine
warblers, rublets, gnatcatchers and both waterthrushes, which at
The storm on radar last night headed north and never quite reached the metro
area, and landing densities this AM were on the weak side. There still may be
a few new birds, though more in western sites over NJ than here.
Good early spring birding,
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The storm on radar last night headed north and never quite reached the metro
area, and landing densities this AM were on the weak side. There still may be
a few new birds, though more in western sites over NJ than here.
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As we are in a slowdown waiting for migration to pick up I thought it may be a
good time to start thinking about warblers. I had an interesting one on Sunday
at the Restoration pond in Alley Pond park. It was most likely a dull first
year pine warbler, but was interesting in that it had a
For the first night this year there is movement on radar in the NY metro area,
and with a surprisingly moderate level of reflectivity. The velocity image
shows movement at a rapid clip of perhaps 50-60 knots in a northwest direction.
And while this might ordinarily favor flyover, there is a
Today I saw a woodpecker at my backyard suet feeder for the second time in the
past few weeks. It appears to be a downy woodpecker but with very dark
coloring on the face and underside. I know that Pacific downies can be
somewhat buffy in these areas, but none of the photos I have seen are
Jeff Ritter and I birded Kissena this cold but sunny morning to scope it out
for next week's Queens CBC. It was relatively quiet but we saw some nice
birds. At Kissena proper we started by flushing a couple of great horned owls
at an undisclosed location. We found a winter wren kip, kipping
Looks like this state list and Yahoo mail have issues communicating Flicker
addresses, so I’ll try again with this photo of the diving orange crowned.
https://flic.kr/p/2dn2L4f
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Looking at the loop from last night, the reflectivities just about petered out
at 6 AM, but then picked up again. That would seem to favor diurnal migration
rather than a continuation of that from overnight.
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On the western park of the hill overlooking the lake.
Wishing you good birds
Peter
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Today I made my annual pilgimmage to Doodletown Road. By the time I had
climbed up Gray’s hill I had most of my target birds, with singing ceruleans,
yellow-throated vireos, indigo buntings, a yellow billed cuckoo, a singing
Louisiana waterthrush, a blue winged warbler, a worm-eating warbler,
Jeff Ritter and I birded Kissena this cold but sunny morning to scope it out
for next week's Queens CBC. It was relatively quiet but we saw some nice
birds. At Kissena proper we started by flushing a couple of great horned owls
at an undisclosed location. We found a winter wren kip, kipping
Looks like this state list and Yahoo mail have issues communicating Flicker
addresses, so I’ll try again with this photo of the diving orange crowned.
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Today I saw a woodpecker at my backyard suet feeder for the second time in the
past few weeks. It appears to be a downy woodpecker but with very dark
coloring on the face and underside. I know that Pacific downies can be
somewhat buffy in these areas, but none of the photos I have seen are
Looking at the loop from last night, the reflectivities just about petered out
at 6 AM, but then picked up again. That would seem to favor diurnal migration
rather than a continuation of that from overnight.
Peter
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On the western park of the hill overlooking the lake.
Wishing you good birds
Peter
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Video of the Central Park star
https://flic.kr/p/GzajmK
Happy spring birding
Peter
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I have also noticed that there have been a number of days this season in which
there was good migration reported on the ground, but relatively low densities
seen on radar. While the variation of wind direction at different altitudes
may offer a path for birds to migrate on nights that the
This observation by David may help explain the migration/radar paradox we have
been observing. Perhaps when birds migrate under cloudy conditions, they are
more likely to fly low and therefore escape detection by radar.
Peter
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> On May 5, 2016, at 7:34 AM, David
This observation by David may help explain the migration/radar disconnect we
have been observing. Perhaps when birds migrate under cloudy conditions, they
are more likely to fly low and therefore escape detection by radar.
Happy spring birding
Peter
> On May 5, 2016, at 7:34 AM, David
I made my annual pilgrimage to Doodletown Road today in the pleasant company of
Bob and Collen Veltri. We saw good numbers of ceruleans, including females on
nest. Hoodeds were everywhere, often singing alternate songs, one of which was
a spitting image of a yellow throated warbler. When we
For looking at specific radar stations I like the NCAR site. It is pretty
basic, but one can conveniently vary the loop interval to go back to sunset and
get the takeoff and evolution of the densities. Also in single image mode, a
click on the screen changes it to velocity mode useful to see
For looking at specific radar stations I like the NCAR site. It is pretty
basic, but one can conveniently vary the loop interval to go back to sunset and
get the takeoff and evolution of the densities. Also in single image mode, a
click on the screen changes it to velocity mode useful to see
There is a gorgeous redheaded woodpecker frequenting the feeders south of the
paddock between the blue barn and the main houses at Connetquot. Here is a link
to a video
https://flic.kr/p/HxcCcP
Happy late spring birding
Peter
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Heard off of an asphalt east-west path, just north of trial 7 and east of the
Walled garden. Coordinates are 40.826833,-73.534751. The bird was singing
intermittently at 9AM in this location and then headed further south into an
area further from pathways.
Happy birding,
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Ooops. East-west path is just SOUTH of trail 7.
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> From: Peter Reisfeld
> Subject: Kentucky warbler, Muttontown preserve continues
> Date: May 30, 2016 at 10:45:07 AM EDT
> To: "NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu"
>
> Heard off of an
I visited EPCAL in Calverton in hoping to see the resident blue grosbeak.
While I struck out with the grosbeak, I had a very pleasant morning at this
lovely property, viewing grasshopper and field sparrows, good numbers of pine
and prairie warblers, orchard orioles, flycatchers, and a
While not exactly hopping, there were clearly more migrants at Alley Pond park
today than on my 2 previous jaunts this fall season. I saw 8 species of warbler
including Canada, BT green and a remarkable 7 chestnut-sided warblers in
various locations within the park. But the highlight was a
A Connecticut warbler was found this AM by Eric Miller on the paved path to
Little Alley Pond as reached from the stairway going down from Vanderbilt
Parkway
Great birds here today
Peter
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I birded Jones Beach this morning with Bob Veltri and Jeff Ritter, hoping to
see some migrating sparrows. Bob’s intuition to pick Jones was a good one, and
was confirmed by the moderate levels of reflectivity on radar dispersing over
mid long island this morning.
While initially things were
I birded Kissena Park for a couple hours this AM with Jeff Ritter and Bob and
Collen Veltri. A bit of stuff must have come in under the radar during the
past few days, because it was surprisingly birdy. Most numerous were robins
and song sparrows,many of whom were singing on this warm fall
Present this AM spotted by Paul Bordon in trees above eastern portion of east
west path
Peter
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While I was able to get nice video from the cooperative Chat
(https://vimeo.com/193100449) , the Tanager just kept moving, mostly up high in
bad light. The only decent shot was a snippet of the bird pooping. So for
those interested, enjoy:
https://vimeo.com/193100508
Happy vagrant birding,
While I do not profess expertise in this matter, I just wanted to comment on
the study by Baumann et. al in the Journal of Field Ornithology on
distinguishing Western and yellow bellied flycatcher. While precise separation
required in the hand measurement of wing and buffy fringe lengths, as
While I do not profess expertise in this matter, I just wanted to comment on
the study by Baumann et. al in the Journal of Field Ornithology on
distinguishing Western and yellow bellied flycatchers. While precise
separation of these species required in-the-hand measurement of wing and buffy
Having done the Christmas bird count with Jeff Ritter last week, I decided to
revisit the Kissena Park on Christmas day to see what was still around. While
numbers were down a bit from last week, the Red-headed woodpecker continues to
be an active presence, and can heard loudly rattling on the
For the benefit of birding procrastinators everywhere the Townsend Solitaire
was again present at about 8:05 on the cedar between 1725 and 1625 North Sea
Drive in Southold. He then erratically flew into various bare deciduous trees
south of the road. Dull video on ebird checklist for couch
Timberdoodlemania is not just confined to New York City. Around 1PM today as I
was searching (unsuccessfully) for the Northern Goshawk at the Massapequa
Preserve I surprised 3 American woodcocks just west of the Pittsburgh Avenue
lake. Also seen in the park were killdeer and an overwintering
Third time was a charm. This morning around 10 AM the eared grebe finally
graciously cooperated by appearing relatively close to shore, and then by
joining with his horned cousin for prolonged looks. Seen far west of the
entrance approaching the Sore Thumb peninsula. Here’s a link to a
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