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Thanks for a great meeting!

We had a great annual meetingin Carlisle in September. Seethe summary and overview onpage 2 of this newsletter fordetails.

It was nice to see so manypeople; we had more than 120attendees which was a greatturnout! Thank you all forcoming! During the businessmeeting, I asked how many inthe audience were attending aPSO Annual Meeting for thefirst time, thinking a few handswould go up. To my surprise,numerous people raised their hands! I hope everyoneenjoyed themselves.

I also had the opportunity to meet some members for thefirst time whom I only knew by name. I always enjoy thataspect of attending these meetings. I also enjoy exploringnew birding areas and seeing the towns that host us. Wewere contacted by the Cumberland County Chamber ofCongress a few years ago inviting us to have our annualmeeting in the county. It was a nice gesture to reach outto us, and it also shows that PSO is becoming knownacross the state by non-birding organizations (we havealso been contacted by a few other counties inviting us tohave meetings). I also think it is another example of theawareness regarding the financial impact that birdingmakes on the economy of a region. Certainly we are notan enormous organization; however we can contribute tobusinesses in the places where we hold our meetings.

We tried a few new things for thismeeting. One was a 50/50 raffleas an alternative to the SilentAuction. The funds generatedsupport the Youth Scholarship,just as the Silent Auction has inthe past. We also had a sponsorfor the first time—RockJumperWorldwide Birding Adventures.Thanks to George Armistead forgenerously supporting our YouthScholarship fund that gave threeyoung people the opportunity toattend the meeting this year.

This meeting could not havehappened without the dedication, determination, andperseverance of our Vice President, Vern Gauthier. Vernput an enormous amount of work into the meeting, and Iam grateful to him for all his work. Every board membermade suggestions and completed tasks that supported themeeting’s activities. Thanks to all of you.

I attended field trips to SGL 230 on Saturday and SGL170, Miller’s Gap and Lamb’s Gap on Sunday. I hadnever been to either location before, and I enjoyed both – with the exception of the biting insects on Sunday! Highlights for me were migrating Broad-winged Hawkscoming off the mountain, a Lincoln’s Sparrow, aPhiladelphia Vireo, an Ovenbird on the forest floor that Ithought I’d never see, a close look at a male Black-throated Blue Warbler, and two Wood Thrushes. The

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Ramsay Koury’s field trip along Ridge Road was highlyproductive.

October 2017 The Newsletter of the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology Volume 28, Number 3

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2017 PSO Meeting A Grand Successby Debbie Kalbfleisch

This year, instead of holding a spring meeting, the PSOmet September 15 through 17, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.Meetings and social events were held in the Comfort Innand Suites in downtown Carlisle. Just west of Harrisburg,Cumberland County is on one of the main eastern flywaysfor migratory birds, including hawks, grassland species,warblers, and shorebirds.

As a side note, since mid-July, a juvenile RoseateSpoonbill has been present at the Conodoguinet Creek innearby Camp Hill. Many of the registrants stopped tosearch for this mega-rarity. Many people were able to seethe bird, while many others, alas, did not!

Prior to the business meeting on Friday, September 15,people gathered to socialize and shop. Vendors includedAden Troyer from the Lost Creek Shoe Shop (Optics);Rockjumper Worldwide Birding Adventures;Conococheague Audubon; Sheree Daugherty with naturepaintings and prints, as well as hand-painted birdornaments; Appalachian Audubon; Birds by Botzan withbird and other animal sculptures and photographs; LauraJackson with shade organic coffee, photographs, andt-shirts; and Lauren Shaffer Birding Pictures. Margaretand Roger Higbee manned the PSO table, assisted byCarol Guba and Linda Wagner, and sold official PSOhats, t-shirts, and other items. Special commemorative t-shirts featuring this year’s logo of Cumberland Countyand a Dickcissel were ordered when participantsregistered for the meeting.

The business meeting on Friday evening was short andsweet, chaired by President Mike Fialkovich and assistedby Vern Gauthier, Vice President. This year, ShonahHunter, Chuck Berthoud, Mark McConaughy, ScottStoleson, and Brian Quindlen all left the board. We thankthem for their many contributions and dedicated serviceover the years! Sandy Lockerman was reelected and newto the board was Evan Mann. The slate of officers wasalso reelected.

Vern Gauthier then introduced Saturday’s field tripleaders. It was noted that the Comfort Suites was offeringbreakfast at 5:30 a.m. for folks staying at the hotel. Vernencouraged everyone to be at their meeting spots no laterthan 6:45 a.m. People were also invited to visitWaggoner’s Gap Hawkwatch on their own after themorning trips.

After a short break, Andy Markel led a Flight Calls trip

into the night while Ian Gardner presented a summary forpeople wishing to brush up on their Fall WarblerIdentification.

A nice variety of field trips was scheduled. Bill Franz leda walk along the Big Spring Creek in the valley; this tripwas offered only on Saturday. Ramsay Koury led a mostlydriving trip along the Big Flat, Ridge Road, andMilesburn Road on the Blue Ridge; these are among thebest fall migrant traps in the county. Annette Mathes wasthe leader for a walk at Colonel Denning S.P., Elk HillRoad in Tuscarora State Forest, and Laurel Hill Roadalong the Kittatinny Ridge; this trip made a brief forayinto Perry County. Vern Gauthier’s field trip visited PineGrove Furnace State Park and Camp Michaux on the BlueRidge; Camp Michaux is an old Civilian ConservationCorps site and includes a section of the Appalachian Trail.Andy Markel led a trip in the valley to State Game Lands169, generally a good place to find Mourning andConnecticut Warblers. Peter Lusardi’s outing focused onState Game Lands 230, also located in the valley. TedNichols led a valley trip to the Harrisburg Former StateHospital Grounds and Wildwood Park. Bill Oyler’s fieldtrip hit Heisey Orchard, Still House Hollow, andMilesburn Road on the Blue Ridge. Chad Kauffman led atrip to Little Buffalo and Waggoner’s Gap Hawkwatch onKittatinny Ridge. Ian Gardner was the leader for an outingto Miller’s Gap, Lamb’s Gap, and State Game Lands 170on the Kittatinny Ridge. All these field trips were highlysuccessful and greatly enjoyed by the participants.

Most of Saturday’s trips were repeated on Sunday, and anadditional trip to the Gettysburg Battlefield was alsooffered; leaders were Deb Siefkend and Mike Bertram.The weather was generally good on both Saturday andSunday, and most of us appreciated the cooler weather inthe mountains.

After lunch on Saturday, people gathered in the meetingroom for refreshments and to visit the vendors. Twopapers were presented: Andy Wilson spoke on the use ofdrones in bird research, and afterwards, Art McMorristalked about the history and current status of PeregrineFalcons in Pennsylvania. There was a short break so thehotel people could set up the room for that evening’sbanquet. Sherron Lynch made two cakes for us, achocolate cake with raspberry filling which wasbeautifully decorated with the meeting’s logo, the head ofa Dickcissel over Cumberland County, and a white cakewith pineapple filling. Thank you, Sherron!

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To begin the awardspresentation on Saturdayevening, three young birderswere presented withcertificates and a YouthScholarship Award whichenables those 18 and under toattend our annual meeting.Holly Merker introduced CarlEngstrom, Joshua McCoy,and Paul Heveran. They maybe young, but each of themalready has an impressivelist of accomplishments!Many thanks to RockjumperBirding Tours which helpedsponsor the YouthScholarships.

The PSO ConservationAward was given to theAudubon Hawkwatch at Waggoner’s Gap. Present toreceive the award were Dave Grove, Ron Freed, GeneWagner, and Keith Gingrich. They have been keepingrecords at Waggoner’s Gap for 23 years.

This year’s Earl Poole Award for outstandingcontributions to ornithology in Pennsylvania waspresented to Scott Weidensaul. Scott is well known tomost of us in the Commonwealth as the author ofnumerous books, as well as a bird bander and researcherof everything from hummingbirds to Snowy Owls.

Mike Fialkovich next tallied the list of birds seen so farduring the weekend. The complete list of 121 speciesnoted during our field trips is on page 7 of this newsletter.

Our banquet speaker was TedFloyd, Editor of the AmericanBirding Association’s“Birding” magazine. Ted is anative Pennsylvanian, whogrew up in the heart of Pitts-burgh. His topic was“Birdingin the 21st Century”and wasanything but dry! He illu-strated how birding in themid-80s meant keeping a listof birds on paper or indexcards which then went into acardboard box, probably neveragain seeing the light of day.Birding (and other observa-tions of nature!) has nowevolved to keeping detailednotes in eBird on one’s cell

phone, including recorded songs and photographs, whichare instantly available to anyone who might be interested,anywhere around the world.

Thanks to the Appalachian Audubon Society, theConococheague Audubon Society, and CumberlandCounty birders for hosting us! There were 132registrations, with 121 people on Field Trips, and 112attendees at the Banquet. We were very pleased to haveabout 10 college students attend the meeting, and hope tohave even more next year. Next year’s meeting will be inCrawford County. No dates have been picked yet, but itwill be sometime in the fall.

Special Thanks to Our “Resident Cake Baker”

Sincere thanks to Sherron Lynch, who has been bakingbeautiful cakes for the past umpteen years for our annual PSOmeeting.

Sherron’s cakes are not only great to look at, but they aretasty as well. This year’s cake sported the Dickcisselenclosed in the outline of Cumberland County. Sherronbaked not one, but two different cakes this year. One waschocolate with raspberry filling and the other white withpineapple filling – unbelievably delicious!

Thank you so very much, Sherron, for taking the time to treatus with these bakery delights!

VP Vern Gauthier (far right) presented the PSO ConservationAward to the Waggoner’s Gap counters. From left to right areGene Wagner, Keith Gingrich, Ron Freed, and Dave Grove.

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Welcome, New Board Member!

Locating Evan Mann during hischildhood in northeasternPennsylvania meant checking thewoods, streams, and fields aroundhis home. A curiosity about thenatural world consumed manyrecreational hours. This interest inthe natural sciences continued intohis high school and college years.

Two subsequent events focusedthis interest to birds specifically.The first was to accept a job with aregional seed company where hemanaged a facility that manufactured a line of wild birdfood products. A career that spanned almost two decadesmeant learning all aspects of that industry: staffmanagement, bulk material handling, seed conditioning,pest management, ingredient/commodity purchasing, salesand marketing, and product management. A favoriteresponsibility was presenting bird feeding seminars toconsumers at retail accounts throughout the northeast.

The second event that broadened Evan’s interest toinclude all wild birds occurred one spring evening whenhis wife, Julia, asked him to listen with her to a songemanating from just inside the woods adjacent to theirhome. “My spark song,” says Evan, “was the magnificentvocalization of the Wood Thrush. From that point on, myeyes and ears were attuned to the beauty of all birds. Iwas hooked. I was a birder!”

After owning and operating a business manufacturingfeeders and nest boxes for a number of years, Evan’s finalcareer choice was to join a regional cooperative of farmand home retailers, creating for them a new brand of wild

bird food, and then shepherding itthrough its initial five years ofproduct life.

Evan served on the board ofdirectors of the National Bird-feeding Society, and has chairedvarious marketing committees.Locally, he participated on theboard of Friends of Salt SpringsPark, which manages a small statepark for the Pennsylvania ParksDepartment.

Evan is our Susquehanna County compiler for Pennsyl-vania Birds. He covered five blocks in his homecounty during our last breeding bird atlas. He leads birdwalks and presents bird-related workshops in his com-munity. Evan is the eBird reviewer and filter editorfor two northern tier counties. He also runs a BreedingBird Survey route for the USGS.

“Ever since that Wood Thrush sang its way into my heart,birding has been an aesthetic experience for me. Whilethe thrill of a new species is always exciting, I don’t domuch chasing, and I let eBird worry about where mynumbers are. I am just as happy to spend time in my localpatch observing a pair of neotropicals and wonderingabout the rest of the saga of their lives that I will neverknow. Our birds make allies of people quite well. If I canhelp people understand and appreciate them, I am con-vinced they will join us in supporting the conservation ofbirds and their habitats. If by serving on the PSO Board, Ican help make that happen, count me in!”

Certificates of Appreciation Awarded

Since the March 2017 newsletter, these Certificates of Appreciation were issued to the following individuals whoallowed access to their properties to view rare or unusual birds. The full list can be found on the PSO’s website.

Snowy Owl, Aden Miller, Crawford Co.Snowy Owl, Eric Miller, Crawford Co.Yellow-headed Blackbird, Alvin Stolzfus, Centre Co.Swallow-tailed Kite, Anthony and Kathy Showalter, Snyder Co.

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2017 PSO Meeting Participants

Tina AlianielloDiane AllisonGeorge ArmisteadValerie BarnesChelsea BeckChuck BerthoudMichael BertramNathaniel BlakeBarry BlustMadison BotchSusan BraunDan BrauningDoris BrookensScott BrookensSteve BrookensBrian ByrnesGail CarnsMary Paulone CarnsSheree DaughertyMichael DavidEli DePaulisJane EarleCarl EngstromKurt EngstromMike FialkovichChris FischerRonnie Fischer

Ted FloydBill FranzLinda FranzRon FreedIan GardnerVern GauthierDon GilbertJen GilbertTaylor GilletteKeith GingrichVilda GrafElizabeth GrantPhil GrantDebra GrimDave GroveDeb GroveGreg GroveCarol GubaJoe GyekisJen HarnedCathy HartDeborah HartRebecca HartMike HarvellRena HaussermannPaul Hess

Helen HeveranPaul HeveranMargaret HigbeeRoger HigbeeJody HochbergMarcia HochbergPaul HoughMarjorie HowardAdrienne IzaguirreFrank IzaguirreLaura JacksonMike JacksonKarena JohnsonTim JohnsonDebbie KalbfleischChad KauffmanPhil KeenerRudy KellerDave KerrMichelle KienholzRobert KochertTheresa KochertRamsay KouryKathy KuckwaraJanet KuehlTom Kuehl

Wayne LaubscherMelissa LittleGary LockermanSandy LockermanPeter LusardiPat LynchSherron LynchEvan MannJulia MannEric MarchbeinAndy MarkelAnnette MathesDan McCoyJoshua McCoyArt McMorrisHolly MerkerCraig MillerJean MillerFrank MooneJane MyersTed Nichols IIRichard NugentBill OylerLisa PerkinsJulia PlummerEric Reitz

Joan RenningerDarby RichardRamona SahniLauri ShafferRalph ShafferDeb SiefkenRalph SiefkenCarole SimonLee SimpsonSam SindersonJack SolomonSusie SolomonKate St. JohnDan StambaughSusan StrassnerEmily ThomasLisa TullNick VorisGene WagnerLinda WagnerScott WalkerScott WeidensaulHoward WestNathan WeyandtTiffany WillowAndy Wilson

Congratulations to Our 2017 Conservation Award Winner

The 2017 Conservation Award was presented to theAudubon Hawkwatch at Waggoner’s Gap for the manyyears and countless hours of volunteer citizen scienceprovided by its counters, helping to advance the study ofmigrating raptors and the conservation of raptorpopulations.

The season at Waggoner’s runs from August 1through December 31 during which time the countersspend around 1,100 hours. Over the course of a seasonthat equals out to an average of more than seven hours aday; and if you remove the days where the weather is tooadverse to go to the hawkwatch or to stay there too long,you can start to understand the dedication of thesecounters.

Present to receive the award was Dave Grove who hasbeen the compiler at Waggoner’s Gap since 1994 and histhree lieutenants, Ron Freed, Gene Wagner, and KeithGingrich. Ron and Keith mainly cover the morning shift,while Dave and Gene take charge of the afternoon shift.Due to increasing age of the four (as Dave says, none ofthem are getting any younger), the decision was made in

2016 to pursue a paid counter position in 2017 which hasbecome a reality! Dave and friends still spend a lot oftime at the watch, but they can do fewer hours now thatthere is a paid counter.

You can help support this in the future by makingdonations to PA Audubon for the specific purpose offunding the Waggoner’s Gap Hawk Watch Counter. Also,endowments can be set up to provide a steady stream offunding for this specific purpose. To memorializesomeone, donations (in lieu of flowers) could be made toPA Audubon, for the specific purpose of supporting theWaggoner’s Gap counter. Donations can be sent to theaddress listed below. Please note on the check or on theenvelope that the donation is specifically for theWaggoner’s Gap paid counter.

Amy WeidensaulDirector of Community ConservationAudubon Pennsylvania100 Wildwood WayHarrisburg, PA 17110

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Scott Weidensaul is Our 2017 Earl Poole Award Recipient

The Earl Poole award is presented annually to a person orpersons who have made significant contributions toPennsylvania’s ornithology. This may be in the form ofresearch, volunteer efforts, publications, field work, or anyother pursuit that has increased our knowledge andunderstanding of the birdlife in Pennsylvania.This year’s recipient is Scott Weidensaul. Scott has beeninvolved in ornithology since his childhood, and it haspretty much consumed most of his adult life. He is alicensed raptor, songbird, and hummingbird bander and isan active field researcher. At the Ned Smith Center, hehas guided and inspired 90+ volunteers in its NorthernSaw-whet Owl Migration Program for the past 21 years.He is a cofounder of Project SNOWstorm, a collaborationof scientists, researchers, and organizations studying theirruptive migration of wintering Snowy Owls in NorthAmerica. He is also involved in researching winteringhummingbirds in Pennsylvania.

Scott is an author and naturalist and has written over twodozen books, including Living on the Wind, a PulitzerPrize finalist; Mountains of the Heart; The PetersonReference Guide to Owls of North America and theCaribbean; and Of a Feather: A Brief History ofAmerican Ornithology. He serves on the boards of HawkMountain Sanctuary and the Ned Smith Center for Natureand Art.

Thanks to RockJumper Birding Tours for their Sponsorship of our Youth Scholarshipprogram and for helping to keep meeting registration fees reasonable.

RockJumper is also offering PSO members registering in 2017 for a RockJumper tourin 2017 or 2018 a 5% discount off that tour.

For more information visit: www.rockjumperbirding.comOr contact George Armistead at: info@rockjumperbirding.com

Scott Weidensaul poses with Sandy Lockerman who presentedthe Poole Award. Vern Gauthier looks on in the background.

Special thanks to Mike Fialkovich forproviding all the photos of the awardsrecipients.

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Congratulations to Our Youth Scholarship Recipients

Each year, the PSO offers a scholarshipto a young Pennsylvania birder whoshows a strong interest in ornithologyso that he or she may attend the PSOAnnual Meeting. This PSO YouthScholarship provides full expenses forattendance to the entire weekend’sevents for one young birder, and his orher parent/legal guardian, including: alllodging, meals, and travel expenses.

This year, thanks to the generoussponsorship and support provided byRockJumper Birding Tours, facilitatedby George Armistead, the PSO couldoffer not just one, but three youthscholarships to deserving young Penn-sylvania birders!

The recipients of this year’s scholar-ships reached across the Common-wealth, representing western, central,and eastern Pennsylvania: JoshuaMcCoy of Butler County, CarlEngstrom of Centre County, and PaulHeveran of Montgomery County. Allthree young men have remarkablebirding resumes at their young ages,and all possess an incredible passionfor birds, and birding, in their ownregions, and beyond.

Carl Engstrom,17, hails from StateCollege and has a keen interest in birddistribution in his region, which isdemonstrated by the numerous projectsand studies on bird populations inwhich he participates. These include: the PAMC, the StateCollege and Culp CBCs (since 2007!), three WinterRaptor Surveys (WRS), the Great Backyard Bird Count,the Juniata Audubon Society’s Birding Classic (He was aprize-winner!). Carl also helped organize a nesting study(sponsored by PSU) that studies First Energy powerlinerights-of-way. He also manages data for the “Central PAHistorical Data” eBird account, and if that isn’t enough,Carl is helping in the development of a course at PSUabout the evolution and conservation of HawaiianHoneycreepers! Carl was nominated by Deb and GregGrove, who have been impressed with his involvementand passion for birds, and picked him out as a rising starin the Pennsylvania birding community.

Paul Heveran, 17, is from Pennsburg,and is a keen hawkwatcher andpassionate birder. Paul was nominatedfor the scholarship by Dr. LaurieGoodrich of Hawk Mountain Sanctuarywhere Paul volunteers. Paul is aversatile volunteer for Hawk Mountain.He not only stands watch as a hawkcounter on the North Lookout, but healso works behind the scenes extractingdata for researchers to analyze onBroad-winged Hawks. He also helpswith nest box checks for AmericanKestrels. Paul is an avid eBirder in hishome county of Montgomery where hedevotes a lot of time to censusing birdsin his yard and local hotspots, includ-ing Green Lane Reservoir. Paul enjoysbirding outside of Pennsylvania, too,making treks to Cape May, NJ, andcoastal Maine to study birds. Paulhopes to continue his love of birds bypursuing studies in ornithology incollege.

Joshua McCoy, 16, lives in Sarver, andhas been studying birds since he was ayoung boy. His goal is to pursue acareer in wildlife biology. Joshua is anactive member of the BartramianAudubon Society. In 2017, Joshua wonthe coveted Gene and Joanne WilhelmScholarship, which sends one youngbirder to the Hog Island AudubonCamp’s “Coastal Maine Bird Studies”programs for teen birders in coastalMaine. It was here that I personallymet Joshua, took notice of his passionfor birds and birding, and nominated

him for this scholar-ship. During his Hog Island experi-ence, Joshua had the opportunity to explore ornithology ata new, scientific level, aimed at bird conservation andscience. During the program, Joshua got experience usingprofessional recording equipment to record the island’sBlack-capped Chickadees and spent time learning andwatching the process of bird banding. One of the high-lights of his experience in Maine was assisting in thebanding of Atlantic Puffins on Eastern Egg Rock Island,an experience he chalks up to helping him solidify hisdesire to continue to study and learn about birds andwildlife as he seeks out a career in wildlife biology.

We wish these three young men all the best as they

Joshua McCoy poses with Holly Merker atour annual meeting.

Paul Heveran receives his framed certificatefrom Holly Merker.

Carl Engstrom poses with Holly Merker.

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continue with their pursuits and endeavors in birding andbird conservation! They are some of the shining stars ofPennsylvania’s younger birding community, and the PSOis proud to recognize them for their devotion to bird studyhere in Pennsylvania!

If you know of a young birder in your region who isdeserving of this special opportunity to connect withbirders across the state, please consider nominating themfor the 2018 PSO Youth Scholarship Award!

Holly Merker, PSO Education Committee Chair

Birds Listed by 2017 PSO Meeting AttendantsFriday, September 15, through Sunday, September 17

The rules allow that every bird, as long as it was seen somewhere in PA en route to PSO, may be addedto the list, but PSO birds are listed separately. Asterisked birds were not listed on any of the scheduled fieldtrips.

Canada Goose Wood Duck*Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Mallard American Black Duck Green-winged Teal Bufflehead Pied-billed Grebe Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Killdeer Least Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Wilson’s Snipe*Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron*Roseate Spoonbill Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Eastern Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow

Common Raven*Purple Martin Tree Swallow N Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Carolina Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson’s Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Northern Mockingbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing House Sparrow House Finch American Goldfinch Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow Baltimore Oriole Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Common Grackle Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting

Total = 125 species seen in the state121 species listed on the field trips

Welcome New Members

Josh Auld, Kennett Square, PANathaniel Blake, Pittsburgh, PADonald Heintzelman, Emmaus, PAChristopher Hoff, Orrtanna, PADouglas Kraemer, Phoenixville, PADan Stambaugh, Harrisburg, PAJeff Stratford, Wilkes-Barre, PAHoward West, Hummelstown, PA

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Conservation Chat Room

How to Help Birds - One Tree at a Time

Dr. Doug Tallamy, author of“Bringing Nature Home,” pointsout that everyone who has a yardcan help birds by planting nativetrees, shrubs, and flowers thatprovide food for birds, espe-cially those plants that support

caterpillars. His research showsthat white oak trees support themost species of caterpillars,followed by other oaks, nativecherry, willow, and birch.

Unfortunately, most landscapedesigners deliberately choose non-native plants because they aren’teaten as much by our nativeinsects, but that effectively createsa “no-fly” zone for birds. Birdshave to fly right past the exoticplants because these plants don’thave the insects needed to sustainthem, especially when birds arefeeding young. Doug Tallamy hasfound that contrary to what manypeople believe, “birds do notreproduce on berries and seeds.Ninety-six percent of terrestrialbirds rear their young on insects.” Because nativecaterpillars did not evolve with non-native plants, mostlack the ability to overcome the plants’ chemical defensesand cannot eat them.

Fortunately, there are three online resources that can helpus figure out how to replant our yards with native plants.

National Wildlife Federation has Native Plant Finder:www.nwf.org/NativePlantFinder/

Just enter your zip code to discover the best native plantsthat attract butterflies and moths which support birds.This tool is based on Dr. Tallamy’s research and has beendeveloped with the United States Forest Service.

National Audubon has a similar program called Plantsfor Birds: www.audubon.org/plantsforbirds

Based on your zip code, the program not only lists anddescribes shrubs, trees, and fruit that are best for birds,but it also provides a link to local and regional plantnurseries where you can buy the native plants. While it is

a challenge to find native rootedplants, it is relatively easy topurchase seeds. What? Plant atree from a seed? Dr. Tallamydoes – his oak tree that grew fromthe acorn he planted in his frontyard is now a beautiful tree four-teen years after planting. If youaren’t that patient, and need tobuy potted plants, one of the bestresources to consult is the Penn-sylvania Native Plant Society.They organize a wonderful nativeplant sale the first Saturday inMay and list the plants on theirwebsite prior to the sale, so youcan check with vendors inadvance. Their list of native plantsources and plant sales is quiteextensive:

www.panativeplantsociety.org/

Fall is considered by many to be the best time to planttrees and shrubs since new root growth is encouragedwithout new top growth, when the air becomes coolerthan the ground. There is usually more moisture in thefall, too, so the plants have a better developed root systemby next spring when the plant begins to grow.

Inventory your yard this fall and find a spot where youcan plant a native tree. Then stand back and watch forchickadees!

Laura JacksonBedford County

PSO Field Trip

November 4-5 – Allegheny Front Hawkwatch. This is usually the peak for migrating Golden Eagles. Wehope to see you there! For more information, go to https://www.facebook.com/events/193271144533626.

Dr. Tallamy found that during the breeding season,Carolina Chickadees and other birds need a lot of

insects – in the case of chickadees, more than 5,000per clutch of hatchlings – and most of these were

caterpillars.Photo by Laura Jackson

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In an Unlikely Tern of Events, Rare Bird Visits Wellsboroby Rich Hanlon

The story begins on a beautiful Thursday morning, August10, when I had originally planned to be birding in aneighboring county with some friends but chose to hangback so I could see my wife off when she left for aconference in Hershey, PA, in the early afternoon. Ifigured since I was home and it was my day off, I might aswell hit up some of the local lakes for an hour or two. Ihad plans to stop by Nessmuk Lake, The Muck, WoodlandPark, and Hamilton Lake. As luck, or fate – or whateveryou’d prefer to believe – would have it, Nessmuk Lakewas my only birding stop that morning, and for goodreason.

I parked my car in the lot next to the pavilion, grabbed mycamera and binoculars and proceeded towards the southshore of Nessmuk Lake. I stopped abruptly 40 yards shortof the water’s edge at the sight of a dark colored ternperched on one of the pylons that jut straight out of thewater next to shore. The bird was facing me head-on, so Icould see that the head and breast were black with somewhite spotting on the forehead.

Believing I was in the presence of a rare migrating BlackTern, I called my birding friends, Kathy Riley and JohnCorcoran. They arrived on the scene about 10 minuteslater, and the three of us watched as it flew around thelake. As we watched it, Kathy said, “I don’t think that’s aBlack Tern.”

“What do you think it is?” John and I asked. Kathyopened her field guide to the terns and pointed to a photoof a much rarer White-winged Tern which was depictednext to Black Tern in her guide. Sure enough, we had amatch. That tern, with its tail looking like it was dipped inwhite paint, white upper wings, and underwings black tothe shoulder with white primary and secondary featherswas definitely a White-winged Tern!

And so, I with my camera, John with his spotting scope,and Kathy with her field guide confirmed the ID for us.We got the word out quickly, and within a few hourscrowds were beginning to form at the lakeshore – mostlylocals at first, but then people from all over Pennsylvaniaand New York were there by evening of that first day. At5:00 p.m. a team from the Cornell Lab of Ornithologyarrived.

The Cornell crew informed us that one of the reasons thetern decided to settle at Nessmuk was because the habitatis very good for it. I was told that in Europe, White-

winged Terns are primarily found in healthy shallowmarsh habitats that have good perches close to the water’ssurface. That is also a description of what we currentlysee at Nessmuk Lake.

It seemed that every time the White-winged Tern wouldleave its perch during the day, Barn Swallows would mobit repeatedly, and waxwings always seemed curious aboutits presence, but they were not as aggressive as theswallows.

My favorite experiences with the White-winged Ternwere in the evenings, just before dark, when it would gointo a feeding frenzy making pass after pass over theshallow marsh at the south end of Nessmuk Lake incompany with Chimney Swifts and Cedar Waxwings. TheChimney Swifts especially seemed to welcome the White-winged Tern, and there were moments when it seemed toassimilate with their flock, moving in unison with theswifts through areas of densest insect activity. I think theevening flights of the White-winged Tern, its shape,movement, and behavior, very closely resemble that of afeeding Common Nighthawk; this may speak to theswift’s acceptance.

Over the course of four days, the Tiadaghton AudubonSociety estimates that 300 people came to see the White-winged Tern. It very quickly became a widely sought-afterbird for a number of reasons. One, it’s a Eurasian breeder,and traveling to the shores (and inland!) of North Americais not part of this species’ regular migration pathway. Thistern species has been reported on eBird.org only a littlemore than twenty times, ever. In addition to that, this isthe first documented sighting of a White-winged Tern inthe United States during the calendar year 2017 and thefirst documented sighting of a White-winged Tern in thestate of Pennsylvania, ever. It is also a very strikinglycolored and beautiful bird, an adult transitioning frombreeding to non-breeding plumage. So it’s easy to see howthis bird rose to fame so quickly. But apparently it heldlittle to no regard for its celebrity status as it departedwithout notice sometime between Sunday night andMonday morning.

As I reflect upon this experience, there are questions Iwant to ask the bird that I will never know the answer to!“Where did you come from?” and “How did you gethere?” I am filled with gratitude to have had such anamazing experience with such a beautiful and interestingavian traveler and to have met so many kind and respect-

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ful people from so many places – some who traveled fromas far as Colorado, Texas, and Florida – who share mylove and appreciation of birds.

Another observation I’ve made through this experience isthat it pays to nurture healthy ecosystems. Many of ourvisitors, and especially those who traveled far distances toget here, asked for recommendations concerning food andlodging around Wellsboro. The presence of this rare birdhad a significant impact on local businesses during its

stay, especially on restaurants and hotels. If not for thehealthy status of our local bodies of water and the landadjacent to it, it’s not very likely that our nationalcelebrity, the White-winged Tern, would have made avisit. It pays to nurture healthy ecosystems, and this issomething we can all participate in together, for the sakeof the birds and our local economy.

[Note: Rich Hanlon is a member of the Tiadaghton Audubon Society.]

Yellow-headed Blackbird Found in Centre County

by Chad Kauffman

On June 1, 2017, I received aphone call from an Amish friendasking how the Mifflin CountyeBird 200 challenge was going. Ihad mailed him a list to keep himup to date. He then asked if I hadheard about the Yellow-headedBlackbird that was found nearSpring Mills. I hadn’t heard aword of it, so he shared with mean Amish bird phone hotline,which I called for more info. Ilearned that Alvin Stolzfus hadreported one on May 31. After Icalled Joe Verica to see if he hadtime to check it out, he went assoon as he could. It took him awhile to find the right spot,but he eventually found it and wasable to see the bird. He tookphotos and got word to me.Between the two of us, wereported on the many social mediathat birders enjoy in today’s age.

There seemed to be some errorwith the online maps regardingthe directions for accessing thebird. We straightened that out.One of the family members put upa wooden sign that read “Yellow-headed Blackbird” with an arrowto help visiting birders know where to turn off Route 45.

This picture was shared on theState College listserv by Jen Leeas well as on Facebook. I thoughtthat was funny as well as terriblynice of them to do that for usbirdchasers.

Between June 1 and the third,many people chased the bird andwere successful based on eBirdreports and other posts. The lasttime the bird was seen was ontheevening of Saturday, June 3,according to the Amish families.

As usual, PSO tries to sendthank-you notes to those who arewilling to share and host birders,so we were trying to contact thepeople who helped make thisbird accessible. I want to thankthem again for helping to get theword out so we could enjoy sucha great bird in Centre County.

Brian Schmoke was able toobtain some good photos for hiseBird checklists and I asked himto share them with us for thisarticle, the journal, as well as to

make copies to share with the Stolzfus family.

Photo by Jen Lee

Brian Schmoke photographed the Spring Mills Yellow-headed Blackbird.

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Ornithological Literature Notes

Two Golden-winged Warblers fromPennsylvania tell a fascinating storyabout “migratory connectivity.” Youmay see this rather stiff term used withincreasing frequency in ornithologicalarticles. It refers to tracking the livesof individual birds from their breedingterritories, along their migrationroutes, to their wintering grounds, andthen back again to their breedinggrounds in the subsequent spring.

The remarkable method that allowssuch tracking relies on tiny devicescalled light-level geolocators attachedto birds, which almost continuouslyrecord aspects of daylight timing thatenable plotting a bird’s geographicjourneys across many thousands ofmiles. During April and May 2014 and2015 the devices were attached to 43individuals in three distantly spacedbreeding populations in Minnesota,Tennessee, and Pennsylvania. Theseincluded 20 deployed on their breeding grounds in theDelaware State Forest in Pike and Monroe Counties. Fourof the birds were recovered, the researchers were able toobtain data from two of them.

The point was to determine where the birds in widelyseparated breeding populations of Golden-wingedWarblers migrated and spent the nonbreeding season inthe tropics. Did they all converge in a single geograph-ically concentrated winter range? Did they spread outonto various wintering grounds? Was there a discerniblepattern between breeding-season location and winteringlocations?

Indeed, they did spread out “far and wide” according tothe findings reported by Gunnar R. Kramer and eightcoauthors in 2017 in The Condor: OrnithologicalApplications (Vol. 119, pp.108-121). Among the co-authors is Jeff Larkin, professor of ecology at IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania, who is one of the foremostresearchers of Golden-winged Warbler ecology andbehavior.

“Our results reveal nearly complete temporal and geo-graphic isolation among three populations of Golden-winged Warblers throughout the annual cycle,” theauthors said. During the nonbreeding season theMinnesota birds occurred in Central America fromsouthern Mexico to central Nicaragua. The Tennessee

birds wintered along the border ofnorthern Colombia and Venezuela. ThePennsylvania birds wintered in north-central Venezuela.

Another feature was conspicuous: ThePennsylvania birds migrated 4,000kilometers farther than the warblersfrom Tennessee and 5,000 kilometersfarther than the warblers from Minne-sota. The Pennsylvanians spent almosttwice as long migrating in the fallcompared to the Minnesota warblers.Time and distance spent in migrationare important: the longer the time anddistance, the more exposure there is tothe myriad hazards of weather, preda-tion, and other dangers faced by thesetiny birds.

Important Golden-winged Warblermigration research continues. Thenewest study was published last monthin the Journal of Field Ornithology

(Vol.88, pp.288-298) by lead author Jeff Larkin and sixcoauthors from North Carolina, Tennessee, Nicaragua,and Maine.

These researchers used light-level geolocators tounderstand the migratory behaviors of Golden-wingswintering at one location – the El Jaguar Reserve inNicaragua. The study uncovered strong geographicconnectivity. All six birds from which geolocators wererecovered in the following winter migrated to breedinglocations concentrated in a single area that includedportions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.Additionally, data from the geolocators revealed impor-tant stopover areas in southern Mexico, Guatemala, andBelize as well as a region of Louisiana, Arkansas, easternOklahoma, and Texas.

Larkin comments to PSO members on the importance ofthese studies in developing effective conservation plans:“Studies that provide insight to geographic linkagesbetween breeding and wintering populations and thatidentify important migratory stopover areas are critical fordeveloping conservation strategies that consider the fullannual life cycle of at-risk migratory songbirds.”

Paul HessNatrona Heights PA phess@salsgiver.com

Moises Siles, an El Jaguar conservationstaff member and a coauthor as well, holds

a Golden-winged Warbler wearing ageolocator.

Photo by Jeff Larkin

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The RavenReporter

Tales ofDiscovery aboutPennsylvaniaBirds

Wildlife-Associated Recreation is Very BigBusiness

A report on the preliminary findings of the 2016 NationalSurvey on wildlife-associated recreation provide evidencethat wildlife-watching is an increasing economic force inAmerica. Birding is a big part of this. The U.S. Fish andWildlife report released in September is called the 2016National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation: National Overview. A morecomprehensive report will be released in December. Thisreport has been published every 5 years since 1955. Withso many questions about public support of wildlife habitatand programs, it is very heartening to see that variousforms of wildlife recreation are going strong. In 2016,over 101 million Americans, about 40% of the population,participated in a form of outdoor recreation that involvedwildlife. This includes not only the traditional “consump-tive” hunting, fishing but also “nonconsumptive” wildlifeenjoyment such as birding and nature photography. Checkit out at:https://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/subpages/nationalsurvey/national_survey.htm

The expenditures of wildlife recreation are staggeringlyhigh with an estimated $156.3 billion spent on equipment,travel, licenses, and fees. Wildlife watchers spent $75.9billion in their activities. This expenditure creates andsupports thousands of jobs, the basis for many ruralcommunities’ economies, and represents approximately1% of the Gross Domestic Product.

Of the wildlife-based activities measured, “wildlifewatching” was the most popular. Although there are awhopping 35.8 million people that went fishing and 11.5million that went hunting, an even greater 86 millionpeople said that they enjoyed “wildlife watching” in 2016,more than fishing and hunting combined. Of these“watchers,” 45.1 million were bird observers. Mostwildlife watching takes place near home, but as we all

know there also is a fair bit of traveling done by thisgroup. Almost 59.1 million, about 69% of the wildlifewatchers, fed wildlife around their homes. And 11.0million (13%) maintained plantings or natural areas forwildlife near their homes. That is a significant bit ofwildlife habitat management being done by privatecitizens on private land!

Wildlife Watching is not only “big” but continues togrow! If we compare the 2016 survey results with the twoprevious surveys, there are significant increases of 21%and 20% respectively in participation. The biggestdifference between these time periods is the number ofparticipants who enjoyed wildlife near their homes, an18% increase from 2011 to 2016.

All of this is not just statistics to give us reason to go“wow!” with amazement and appreciation. With thisinformation, birders can go forth with more confidencethat their interests should be better appreciated by govern-ment agencies, communities, organizations, and privatebusinesses. Wildlife watching is popular, growing, andbig business. Birders do not have to take a back seat toanybody in demanding services and getting results. Theycontribute and deserve more attention and respect for theircontributions.

The full report will be published by USFWS in December.I am anticipating more details including state-specificinformation.

Huge Red Spruce Cone Crop Found

This has been an extraordinary year for spruce cones inthe Northeast. Our own native spruces, red and blackspruce, did very well this year. The exotic Norwayspruces also have produced many cones as well.

With this big cone crop, we could see conifer birds takingadvantage of this temporarily abundant food source. BothRed and White-winged Crossbills, as well as others suchas Red-breasted Nuthatch and many finches may takeadvantage of these cone crops. These red spruce forestsare mostly in the Northeast region including NorthMountain and the Poconos. Some red spruces arescattered as far south as Hickory Run State Park area inthe Penn Forest section of Weiser State Forest. On NorthMountain, there are some red spruce in Ricketts GlenState Park, but more in SGL 13, 66, and especially SGL57. Some are readily found along game lands and stateroads near the ghost village of Ricketts. More are deep inthe woods and swamps.

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There are many spruce groves in the Poconos. There aremany red spruce around Blakeslee, Long Pond, Goulds-boro, Thornhurst, and Promised Land. Some are on publiclands like SGL 127 around Brady’s Lake and Gouldsboro,SGL 318 (Lost Lakes) near Blakeslee, and Spruce SwampNatural Area and nearby locations in Pinchot State Forestnear Thornhurst. There also are red spruce found at TomDarling Nature Reserve, the Maple Tract Preserve, andFern Ridge Bog Preserve near Blakeslee, Fern Ridge, andLong Pond.

Some spruces are isolated from the rest of the state. Therealso are scattered spots like Algerine Swamp Natural Areaon Lycoming and Tioga county line and Bear MeadowsNatural Area in Centre County.

Birders should be on the look-out for some conifer birdsin the coming months as a consequence of this big butlocal cone crop. That season may begin soon since thecones are ripe now in September and they will begin todrop seeds as the cones dry.

I gathered some information on native spruce cone cropsand participated in projects involving spruce. Our ownDCNR Penn Nursery and PGC Howard Nursery gathercones for seed propagation. I assisted with these collec-tions and a research project conducted by the USDAForest Service on the genetic diversity of red spruce in theAppalachians.

There is a big demand for red spruce seedlings because ofconcerns about the loss of our native hemlock to hemlockwoolly adelgid and other pests and diseases. Red sprucemay be a replacement for hemlock in some situationswhere it overlaps in acceptable growing conditions.

Spruce and other evergreens provide thermal protectionfor many kinds of wildlife in cold weather.

Greg Turner, PGC mammologist, and I provided sitelocations for native red spruce stands to Dr. John Butnorof the USDA Forest Service who collected severalsamples in a study of the genetics of red spruce in theAppalachian Mountains. John used a very impressivepruning tool with a telescoping pole that allows conecollection as high as 40 feet off of the ground.

The Pennsylvania red spruce populations are scattered andisolated from each other, removed from both theMaryland and New York spruce stands in the highmountains of each state. The Pennsylvania red sprucepatches differ from other states because they are morelikely to be associated with wetlands, often at lowerelevations than neighboring states. So, Pennsylvania redspruce may have attributes lacking elsewhere that maketheir seeds good candidates for transplanting in locationswhere others might fail. Red spruce is reproducing freelywhere there are mature trees and growing slowly undercanopies of deciduous trees such as red maple andAmerican beech. Some in the Poconos grow right next toscrub oak and pitch pine where scrub barrens and borealbogs meet in strange places. We have a unique nativespruce community in Pennsylvania that offers lots ofopportunities for birding and ecological exploration.

Goshawk Reports Still Appreciated

As you have heard in the past from a variety of sources,the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the PennsylvaniaGoshawk Project would like to learn more about goshawkstatus in the state. This “ultimate forest raptor” seems tobe in decline and may have significant conservationissues. The more we learn about current or recentgoshawk breeding areas, the more we can implementconservation at those locations.

In the last newsletter, I made an appeal to Pennsylvaniabirders to share their information about goshawk nestingareas with the PGC or the PA Goshawk Project in confi-dence. We have received very few reports of goshawks onterritory in 2017. If you did search for goshawks or gobirding especially where you have found them before anddid or did not detect goshawks, that information alsowould be helpful for us to know. Since the goshawk is aSpecies of Greatest Conservation Need identified as suchin the State Wildlife Action Plan as a Near-Threatenedspecies, the PGC is very interested in learning more aboutit. Please share any results of your searches and birdingtrips in goshawk country with us through the Pennsyl-

Doug Gross assisted with the collection and a research projecton the genetic diversity of red spruce in the Appalachians.

Photo by Doug Gross

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vania Goshawk Project (PABS goshawk survey) atwww.pabiologicalsurvey.org/goshawk. Goshawk reportscan be e-mailed to goshawk@psu.edu. Any goshawkobservations on game lands or an area where there may beconflict issues between goshawks and humans should besent to pgcgoshawk@pa.gov or directly to me. Reports toeither the Pennsylvania Goshawk Project or the GameCommission will be treated as confidential.

Good Pennsylvania and World Birding!

Doug Gross, Endangered and Non-game Bird SectionSupervisor106 Winters Road, Orangeville, PA 17859PA Game Commissiondogross@pa.gov

From the President’s Desk (continued from page 1)

woods of SGL 170 seemed silent at first, but with carefulsearching we were able to find a variety of migrants. Thefield trip leaders deserve our thanks for their leadershipand time.

Our speakers were well received, and I learned a lot fromall the presentations. Having done presentations myself, Iknow the amount of preparation that is required to speakto a group.

We had a number of vendors showcasing various items;two were local Audubon Chapters drawing awareness totheir activities, providing a local flare to the meeting.Some of the board members stepped down as their termsconcluded, and I thank all of them for their dedicatedservice. Some were longtime members of the board whileothers had to step down for personal reasons.

We will evaluate the feedback regarding the meeting fromthe survey that was sent to attendees. I was impressed

with the detailed answers to the survey questions providedby those who responded. We are considering keeping themeeting around the same time for a few years to evaluatehow well it goes in all aspects. We are looking at thePymatuning area in Crawford County for next year’smeeting. There are several facilities that can handle us. There’s much work to be done in the coming months fornext year’s meeting..

Once again, thanks to everyone for a successful meeting.It was great to see all of you!

Good birding!

Mike FialkovichPSO PresidentAllegheny Countympfial@verizon.net

Maybe You Were There

Linda Wagner got a group shot of Sunday’s Ridge field trip.

Chad Kauffman photographed participants of the Little Buffalofield trip on Saturday.

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Nessmuk Lake in Wellsboro, Tioga County, hosted this beautifulWhite-winged Tern August 10-12.

Photo by Roger Higbee

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