There were at least 4 adult Glossy Ibis on the south side of Bromley Lane, just
east of Picadilly Rd. east of Brighton CO. They were with a flock of 120+
White-faced Ibis. I think this is the most I have seen together in Colorado. I
looked for hybrid characteristics but found none.
Nick Komar
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Wilson's Warbler - 2 or 3 birds at Lamar CC grove (LCCG)
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 LCCG
Common Yellowthroat - 1 LCCG
Black-throated Gray Warbler - 1 LCCG
Broad-winged Hawk - 1 adult LCCG
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1. Chukar. We exited I70 onto Hwy 65 (Collbran exit in eastern Mesa County) and
pulled over at the wide pulloff/rest area just off the interstate to the south.
A Chukar was
on the
forecrown but not the rows of thin white lines. We assumed this was due to
active feather molt.
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The Horseshoe Lake gull hangout in Loveland did not disappoint this evening.
Gulls observed from the west side (Engelman Place) included:
California Gull (315- all adult but 2)
Franklin's Gull (40 pink-breasted adults)
Ring-billed Gull (20-mostly immatures)
Herring Gull (5 including 1 adult, 1
(Continued) they were in deep water, they took off to the north.
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spot. Digiscoped photos of some of these can be viewed online at
http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/gulls04122014.
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I am guiding out-of-state birders today and we were blessed with calm weather
at Loveland Pass. Likewise, 5 ptarmigan obliged us on the north side of the
pass, seen well through scopes from the parking area looking west.
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with American woodcock, it.is an eastern bird considered
accidental in Colorado, but possibly overlooked. An early spring migrant was
seen by many last month in El Paso County.
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(not slanted back
towards eye), and 4) high ride- i.e. The rear end is held at a 45 degree angle
to the surface of the water; Trumpeters have a low ride (more like 20 degrees).
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I took
No sign yet of Slaty-backed Gull. Best viewing of gull flock is from east end
of dam where there is open water and an ice shelf. Highlights have been:
ICELAND GULL 1 2nd cycle
Glaucous Gull - 1 ad, 3 juv
Thayer's Gull - 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ad
California Gull - 1 ad
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Does anyone know if birders have access to the local landfill?
Thanks,
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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Just got word the bird showed up for the many waiting birders.
Glenn Walbek
Castle Rock, CO
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the numerous large
immature gulls. At least one big brown gull didn't look right for first-cycle
Herring because it had a bright white rump.
Dave Wade and I will be back there at 7 am tomorrow, if anyone wants to join
us. Dress warm.
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The continuing Prothonotary Warbler was seen by Andre Breton at 9 am.
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There are 2 Tundra Swans at Boyd Lake, looking north from the marina (fee).
Also easily seen from east side (no fee). Very distant. Scope needed. Yellow
spots not apparent.
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Two adult GWFG and an adult Snow Goose were among a small flock of Cackling
Geese loafing on the lake bed at Jim Hamm Pond in Longmont at 2:30 pm.
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There were 6 adult LBBG in the gull flock on the northwest shore of horseshoe
Lake in northeast Loveland at 1 pm.
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Little Gull immature was present at Terry Lake at 1:25 pm. A Franklin's Gull
was also here but left on a thermal.
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light for photographing an extremely rare bird in
Colorado (Atlantic Brant). Thanks to Scott Baron for finding and Laura Steadman
for updating. CR24 is reached from Boyd Lake Rd. It is an unsigned dirt road
that appears private but I am told that it is publicly accessible.
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At 5:15 pm the was no sign of the Red Phalarope. Lots of other stuff though as
well as a hunting Prairie Falcon. The juv WF Ibis was there plus Avocet,
Pectoral and 2 Least Sandpipers, and 15 dowitchers.
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See details from Scott Baron below. The lake is close to I25 just south of the
airport.
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between Denver and Fort
Collins, there is a good chance that I can arrange to get the specimen from
you.
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Tom and Mary France live in SE Fort Collins and have just
Gary and David,
See this website (http://www.photoplus.ws/menu/animals_birds2/wrshama.php)
and the photo on the bottom left. I have seen this species (White-rumped
Shama) on Oahu. Were the photos taken in Hawaii?
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Currently perched at Manitou Lake. Arrived from south.
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Favorite fishing spot is beaver pond at intersection of Hwy 67 and Painted
Rocks Rd. Good photos here. Also avoids $6 fee at the lake. Fastest route from
Denver is through Colorado Springs and Woodland Park. Shortest distance route
is via Rt. 285.
Nick Komar
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I find myself in Colorado Springs this weekend, but without wheels. If anyone
would like a birding companion early Sunday morning I would be interested in
joining you for local birding, even Chico Basin Ranch. Reply offline and we can
set it up.
Nick Komar
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Just a quick update on birding activities from the southwest corner of the
state, where the CFO convention is being held in Cortez. The convention is half
done, and the birding has not disappointed. Over 150 birders have tallied well
over 150 species, including all the expected southwest
another great convention.
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Big turnover this morning among migrants. Highlights were:
Townsend's Warbler
Plumbeous Vireo
Both grosbeaks
Nearby at cemetery:
Nashville Warbler
Nearby at high school:
Worm-eating Warbler
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YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and CASSIN'S VIREO. I will post photos when I get a
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Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, Green-tailed Towhee and several
other migrants present.
Nick Komar
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Before thousands of people storm Belmar Park to see a Little Egret from Europe,
can you provide details and explanation why the small white egret was not the
more common Snowy Egret? Do you have experience with identifying these species
where they are found normally?
Thanks,
Nick Komar
Fort
. Here
is a link to the location in GoogleMaps, for anyone who may wish to know where
this brown woodpecker was seen: http://goo.gl/maps/FPcew. Sorry I could not get
this posted earlier today.
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What is going on with Caspian Terns this spring??
I’ll post photos of these birds and others when I get a chance.
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Lake in Windsor (Weld County).
Avocets and yellowlegs of both species were at many locations.
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on Saturday 4/13)
Thayer’s Gull – 1 imm. (1st or 2nd cycle)
I left as it was getting dark, and some of these birds had disappeared,
including the Caspian Tern and Mew Gull.
Photos are posted in Recent Bird Photo gallery at www.pbase.com/quetzal.
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-crested Cormorants, 50+
Yellow-headed Blackbirds.
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A Caspian Tern was resting on the north shore of Lake Loveland, together with
160 pink-breasted Franklin’s Gulls, 5 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 5 Herring Gulls and
120 Ring-billed Gulls, at dusk today. I put a photo in my recent bird photos
gallery at www.pbase.com/quetzal.
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for viewing, but a telescope is needed for
quality views. I have posted photos in my Recent Sightings gallery at
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of CO Highway 14 in Weld County, just
southwest of the North Weld County Landfill, on CR23.
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Subject: [cobirds] Drake Lake Gulls ID Challenge
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– Firestone gravel pit (Weld)
Trumpeter Swan 1 continues – North Hoffman Lake, Loveland (Larimer)
Bohemian Waxwing 60 continue – Simpson Ponds SWA (Larimer)
Long-eared Owl 3 continue – private residence, Loveland (Larimer)
I will post photos of some of these on my pbase site shortly.
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else. There are seats available in the van. Contact me
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genetic influence from the Thayer’s Gull lineage. An issue for birders of
course is “Is it countable”? And I would argue that this is a personal decision.
Such is life.
Again thanks to all involved for a great event.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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locations). Even Boulder County birders would be making a difference by
car-pooling rather than individually driving to Valmont.
Ted, does ABA or CFO have some sort of electronic bulletin board where
carpoolers can post their carpooling needs/offers for Gullapalooza?
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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(perhaps a university student), and I’ll bet funding
could be obtained quickly from the CFO project fund.
Would anyone from the Museum, RMBO or the CFO Board wish to comment on this
proposal?
Nick Komar
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, or not to be a redpoll, that is the question.”
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of Loveland, Quetzal Tours, and Fort Collins Audubon Society
for sponsorship and support in various capacities.
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greenish-yellow
bills.
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Fort Collins CO
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Hi all:
Ted Floyd wrote:
female plumage overall (no ruddy suffusion on breast, uppertail coverts
uncurled
(for the COLV count). No fees, and
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relationship between these two
species with overlapping morphology (i.e. appearance) is uncertain. Essentially
birds farther north and farther east are palest.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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.
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with birds, and should be monitored closely
for rarities.
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Bill, this would indeed be a first-winter Ring-billed Gull.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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Subject: [cobirds] Need gull ID assistance (pictures)
I am not sure about this gull's ID, I think maybe 1st winter
hosted by the
Sylvan Dale Ranch. Pizza dinner will be provided by Quetzal Tours.
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-breasted Merganser – 2 female
Snow Bunting – 1 probable, calling overhead
Douglas Lake -
Long-tailed Duck – 1 ad. male (found by Cole Wild yesterday)
Red-breasted Merganser – 1 female
American White Pelican – 1
Bonaparte’s Gull – 6
Northern Shrike – 1
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and Asia
show a small, Thayer’s-like bill.
I suppose that Glaucous-winged x Herring would include Vega (as a subspecies of
Herring). I think Glaucous–winged x Vega better explains the Estes gull than
does Glaucous-winged x American Herring.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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, are enigmatic and not identifiable with confidence. I
have some photographic examples of at least 6 other enigmatic gulls in this
category on my Mystery Gulls page at http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/mysterygulls.
If it were easy, it wouldn’t be as much fun! Thanks again, Tony.
Nick Komar
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views with binoculars is also likely.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 10:31 AM
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Subject: [cobirds] Iceland Gull - Lake Estes, Larimer County
Scott Rashid found a juvenile Iceland Gull at Lake Estes this morning on his
, folks.
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in the afternoon) were unsuccessful.
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Thanks to all who reported on the Hermit Warbler at Last Chance. We got a late
start
Pomarine is the only jaeger with a longer wingspan than Ring-billed Gull.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
From: Todd Deininger
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 7:13 PM
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Subject: [cobirds] Re: jaeger sp. @ McIntosh Lake (Boulder County)
The jeager settled on the NW side
(at Wellington SWA)
White-throated Sparrow (3 at 3 locations)
Common Loon (1 in breeding plumage at North Poudre Reservoir #3)
Sandhill Cranes (13 at north shore of N. Poudre Res. #3, plus flyovers
elsewhere)
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Note that this report is for Sunday, Sep 23. Looks like it was delivered to the
list serve half a day late.
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Subject: [cobirds] Jackson Lake update (Morgan County) - more American
is officially here.
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SABINE’S GULL – 1. A gorgeous adult still in breeding plumage. Apparently early
according to e-bird.
These were all photographed for documentation, available upon request.
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(by 1000-to-1), so it would be good to absolutely rule it out. Vocalizations
would help, as well as a better view of the relative width of the upper and
lower wingbars, and the length of the primaries relative to the undertail
coverts.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins
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show lack of
olive sides, the only other feasible explanation I can think of is hybrid,
perhaps between Greater Pewee and Olive-sided Fly. Has anybody ever heard of
such a thing? Seems like a vagrant Greater Pewee is a more likely explanation.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
From: Mark Peterson
you were
on. Hopefully, it will show up again, especially with many eyes looking for it.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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Subject: Re: Not empid, then Greater versus Western Pewee
I have a lot
2009; 2)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet in Aug 2012, and 3) Mountain Bluebird atop the conifer.
Working with the photos will facilitate and hopefully confirm these
identifications.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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From: Nicolle Martin
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:24 PM
extended even
farther north (into Wyoming??).
I haven’t checked any formal databases, just my impression from personal
experiences and following the listserve discussions. E-bird would be a good
resource for this question.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
From: Nicolle Martin
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9
This is a Brant, about 1 years old probably.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins
From: Julia Bond
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 7:36 AM
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Subject: [cobirds] Canada Goose X
And as I scroll through his pics, it looks as though he may have taken it in NJ
or NYC. I thought he had
This morning, the Trumpeter Swan continued at Duck Lake, along Larimer CR32 (a
couple miles west of the Windsor Exit on I25). Its head was quite gray,
suggesting a fairly young age, although the body appeared all white. Telescope
needed here.
Nick Komar
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at the
south side of Lake Loveland, where over 500 gulls were on the ice shelf at
dusk. Among these were two young Thayer’s Gulls and 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
(3 adults). Many other gulls continued flying southwest towards Carter Lake.
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and an interesting bird.
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Subject: [cobirds] Gull Id assistance (pics)
I have been looking at this gull for a while and I think it is a
juvenile
at the landfill
southwest of Fort Collins, but I didn’t stop to look at them closely.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
From: Marcel Such
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:55 PM
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Subject: [cobirds] Larimer County Birding - Jan 7
Hi all,
This afternoon we birded some reservoirs in southern
of the more interesting species will be posted soon at
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. Increased identification skills will lead to discovery of new
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to find gulls
during the day include the Larimer County Landfill northwest of Loveland, the
south end of Horsetooth Reservoir (mostly near the Spring Canyon Dam – reached
by travelling west along Harmony Road), and communally roosting at Carter Lake,
southwest of Loveland.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins, CO
, with the small differences
attributed to molt.
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Fort Collins CO
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I saw this goose at the pond by the Doubletree hotel
this summer),
so better views of this youngster (and photos) will be needed to nail this one
down.
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photo opportunity. My photo is posted at
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a nocturnal roost spot.
Here is the link to the photos: http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/ligu12012011
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in the Pacific Northwest, what about the paler
western birds that Steve refers to. Do pale ones ever show up in the Pacific
Northwest? Do birds of the Irish wintering-population ever show up in the USA
in winter?
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
From: Steven Mlodinow
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 3:11 PM
McIntosh Lake hosted many diving ducks and gulls on the north side of the lake
today. Among them was an adult Thayer’s Gull, a 3rd-cycle Thayer’s Gull, and a
winter-plumage immature Long-tailed Duck.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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$8.)
Unfortunately, these birds were discovered after sunset, so no posting til now.
I was able to track down Joey Kellner who lives nearby and he was able to see
these birds just before total darkness.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
www.pbase.com/quetzal
have arrived on its
own steam, but in my mind this info seals the deal (or better yet, puts the
nail in the coffin) that this bird should not be considered “countable” by ABA
standards.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:31 AM
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I also checked College Lake (2 miles north of Dixon Reservoir) in case the
other swan that flew north over Dixon had landed there. Lots of birds were
present, but no swan.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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. There appeared to be a thin black line around the back of the
head. I suspect hybrid Gadwall x Northern Pintail.
4. Dodd Reservoir hosted hundreds of white-cheeked geese of a variety of sizes,
and 6 Snow Geese.
5. Lagerman Reservoir – 2 Bonaparte’s Gulls
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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that the darker birds were young Herring
Gulls. Now I think they were all Thayer’s Gulls. My park pass ($7) is valid for
24 hrs, so I will be back in a few hours to take more photos.
Happy gull watching (what red-blooded American doesn’t like gulls? ).
Nick Komar, Fort Collins
, as quite a few interesting gulls have moved in recently.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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fee is $8, and they patrol constantly. A photo is posted online at
http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/susc10252011.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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Fort Collins CO
-Original Message-
From: Joe Mammoser
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 1:15 PM
I went to Timnath Reservoir this morning early to see what may be
there in the way
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