American Robin
Turdus migratorius
The American Robin is one of the most widely distributed birds in North America. In Canada they may spend summers, but they retreat to the lower 48 states and further south in the winter. These birds live year round over most of the USA. Science recognises seven subspecies of American Robin, but there is much overlap in range, and their physical attributes aren’t dramatically different, except perhaps the San Lucas Robin (T. m. confinis) of southern Baja California. This form of the bird is smaller and paler than its cousins.
American Robins are arguably the most popular of North American birds, and there is a lot to like about them. They are among the earliest birds to arrive after the winter snows have left the north. Their songs are sweet and melodic. And perhaps most endearing is their approachable nature in urban and suburban environments, though they are equally at home in remote forests.
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Moon Lake, near Tok, Alaska and the Alaska Highway. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:01 12:51 |
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Location:
Moon Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 |
File Name: JCD7029AmericanRobin |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Fledgling bird near the Dempster Highway, Blackstone River Valley, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:29 8:31 |
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Location:
Blackstone Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 460 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD6535AmericanRobin |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Kootenay River, Brithish Columbia, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:05:30 14:40 |
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Location:
Kootenay Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/6.0, 1/160 |
File Name: JCD2809AmericanRobin |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Idyllwild, California in Riverside County. |
Date Taken: 2011:08:06 18:25 |
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Location:
Idyllwild |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/125 |
File Name: JCD1894-AmericanRobin |
| © 2011 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Idyllwild, California in Riverside County. |
Date Taken: 2011:08:06 17:51 |
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Location:
Idyllwild |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/100 |
File Name: JCD1870-AmericanRobin |
| © 2011 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: A camp bird in Idyllwild, California in Riverside County. |
Date Taken: 2012:06:09 17:40 |
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Location:
Idyllwild Town Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X3062-AmericanRobin |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Along the road to Applegate Lake from Jacksonville, Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:10 11:16 |
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Location:
Applegate Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X9716-AmericanRobin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Along the road to Applegate Lake from Jacksonville, Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:10 10:26 |
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Location:
Applegate Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X9545-AmericanRobin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: The riparian thickets below Swan Falls Dam at the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area south of Meridian Idaho. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:01 11:04 |
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Location:
Birds of Prey NCA |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X6694-AmericanRobin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Pyracantha berry feeding frenzy in Poway, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:07 13:33 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X5399-AmericanRobin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Pyracantha berry feeding frenzy in Poway, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:07 12:24 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X5005-AmericanRobin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Pyracantha berry feeding frenzy in Poway, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:07 12:23 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X4996-AmericanRobin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Near the Murie Center off the Moose-Wilson Road in Teton National Park north of Jackson Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:19 11:13 |
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Location:
Whitegrass Ranch Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X3437-AmericanRobin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: There must have been two dozen of these juvenile birds I met along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:06 8:54 |
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Location:
Siskiyou Summit |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X0277-SiskiyouSummit |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: There must have been two dozen of these juvenile birds I met along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:06 8:54 |
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Location:
Siskiyou Summit |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X0265-SiskiyouSummit |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: There must have been two dozen of these juvenile birds feeding on Huckleberry or Kinnikinnik when I met them along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:06 8:53 |
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Location:
Siskiyou Summit |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X0252-SiskiyouSummit |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: There must have been two dozen of these juvenile birds feeding on Huckleberry or Kinnikinnik when I met them along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:06 8:54 |
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Location:
Siskiyou Summit |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X0290-SiskiyouSummit |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: At the Touvelle State Recreation Area, Rogue Valley Game Management Area, near Eagle Point, Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:29 14:52 |
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Location:
TouVelle State Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D729747-AmericanRobin |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Discovery Marsh has been reclaimed from the old Tule Lake. This is a reversal of the process that converted this once enormous marshy lake and wetlands into farmlands. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:23 14:42 |
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Location:
Discovery Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D728258-AmericanRobin |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Discovery Marsh has been reclaimed from the old Tule Lake. This is a reversal of the process that converted this once enormous marshy lake and wetlands into farmlands. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:23 16:06 |
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Location:
Discovery Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D728386-AmericanRobin |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Lower Rock Creek between Lake Crowley and Round Valley in the Eastern Sierras. Mono County California. |
Date Taken: 2017:07:07 10:33 |
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Location:
Lower Rock Creek |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X7962 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Robins were gathering food for their progeny in the marshy wetland. Tioga Pass (9,943 feet) is the highest road crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. To the west is Yosemite National Park and to the east is Lee Vining Creek in Mono County California. |
Date Taken: 2017:07:15 10:49 |
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Location:
Tioga Pass |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X9210 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Robins were gathering food for their progeny in the marshy wetland. Tioga Pass (9,943 feet) is the highest road crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. To the west is Yosemite National Park and to the east is Lee Vining Creek in Mono County California. |
Date Taken: 2017:07:15 10:34 |
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Location:
Tioga Pass |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X9177 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: When news of water near camp hit the grapevine, Robins were some of the early attendees at the waterhole. The morning after I arrived, the birds found a temporary watering hole at Pine Springs Camp. The event at Guadalupe National Park was a memorable one for me. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:28 8:45 |
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Location:
Pine Springs |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X3808-GuadalupeMountain-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: When news of water near camp hit the grapevine, Robins were some of the early attendees at the waterhole. The morning after I arrived, the birds found a temporary watering hole at Pine Springs Camp. The event at Guadalupe National Park was a memorable one for me. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:28 8:45 |
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Location:
Pine Springs |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X3803-GuadalupeMountain-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: There must have been two dozen of these juvenile birds I met along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:06 8:54 |
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Location:
Siskiyou Summit |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X0273-SiskiyouSummit |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: There must have been two dozen of these juvenile birds feeding on Huckleberry or Kinnikinnik when I met them along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:06 8:50 |
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Location:
Siskiyou Summit |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X0240-SiskiyouSummit |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: This robin must have been eating fruit with hard seeds (Misstletoe?), and was coughing up and dropping the hard material. Corrales NM is a community a few miles north of Albuquerque, with several open fields where Sandhill Cranes have found reliable food supplied by local residents. Jerry and I spent a few hours getting aquainted with them on Wednesday. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:09 10:55 |
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Location:
Corrales |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 7, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_Z7X1750-Corrales_NM |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Robins seemed to enjoy the hanging fruit in the bosque by the pond. Precisely halfway between Albuquerque and Bosque del Apache is the state reserve at Ladd S. Gordon’s Bernardo Unit, where cranes and geese are now visiting more than at Bosque. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:18 15:09 |
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Location:
Bernardo |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X8850-Bernardo_Unit |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Robins were gathering food for their progeny in the marshy wetland. Tioga Pass (9,943 feet) is the highest road crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. To the west is Yosemite National Park and to the east is Lee Vining Creek in Mono County California. |
Date Taken: 2017:07:15 10:49 |
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Location:
Tioga Pass |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X9215 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Robins were some of the least shy birds I met this snow-covered wintry morning at the Sam Nail Ranch. I drove from Terlingua Texas to Santa Elena Canyon via the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, and stopped to enjoy several places on the way. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:02 9:45 |
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Location:
Sam Nail Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X6545-SamNailRanch |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Robin(Turdus migratorius) |
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Description: Robins were some of the least shy birds I met this snow-covered wintry morning at the Sam Nail Ranch. I drove from Terlingua Texas to Santa Elena Canyon via the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, and stopped to enjoy several places on the way. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:02 10:04 |
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Location:
Sam Nail Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: AmericanRobin_D5X6611-SamNailRanch |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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