Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Most of us know the Bald Eagle is the national symbol for the USA. They live across most of the North American continent. Once quite common throughout its range, their numbers declined steadily from the mid-to-late 1900s. Trapping, shooting, poisoning and pesticides were the culprits. Protective measures have helped this bird recover to near its former numbers.
Today’s science recognises two subspecies of Bald Eagle:
- H. l. leucocephalus lives in Alaska and Canada east to Labrador and Nova Scotia, south in the USA to Oregon, Utah, Kansas and Illinois. Some Alaskan and Canadian populations winter from coastal Alaska and Canada south to the USA and Mexico.
- H. l. washingtoniensis lives in southern USA to northwestern Mexico.
I’ve seen Bald Eagles nesting in San Diego County, but because the birds were at such a great distance, I did not attempt a photograph. Until recently, the photos I’d captured had all been from outside California, in places such as Oregon, Canada, Montana, and New Mexico. In 2022, I took a long trip up the Pacific Coast and enjoyed encounters on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Later, during the same trip, I met these birds in Wyoming and again in Canada.
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30 Photos
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: A fly-over at Lee Metcalf NWR in the Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:27 15:40 |
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Location:
Lee Metcalf NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: D3X5546-BaldEagle |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: Vermillion Lakes, British Columbia, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:05:31 17:24 |
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Location:
Vermillion Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 |
File Name: JCD2942BaldEagle |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: MacIntyre Marsh. Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:17 8:22 |
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Location:
MacIntyre Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 460 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD5083BaldEagleJuv |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: MacIntyre Marsh. Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:17 9:42 |
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Location:
MacIntyre Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/8.5, 1/320 |
File Name: JCD5191BaldEagle |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: Fish Creek, near Hyder, in extreme southeastern Alaska. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:19 18:03 |
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Location:
Fish Creek |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/30 |
File Name: JCD9687BaldEagle |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: Haines Alaska and the Chilkoot River 2005-07-16. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:15 18:09 |
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Location:
Chilkoot (historical) |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD8602BaldEagle |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge at the California-Oregon border. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:24 11:37 |
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Location:
Lower Klamath NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 |
File Name: D728543-BaldEagle |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: At the Albuquerque Zoo, or BioPark in New Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:17 13:06 |
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Location:
Barelas |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X6124-BaldEagle |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: This is simply a BAD picture. Backlit and shot from a crowded moving boat, I had no control to do better. Sights along the Lower Rogue River from Gold Beach to 40 miles above Agnus Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:10 9:13 |
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Location:
Bagnell Ferry |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 280 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: BaldEagle_D5X1061-LowerRogueRiver |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: Lee Metcalf NWR in the Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:27 15:32 |
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Location:
Lee Metcalf NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X5500-BaldEagle-Nest |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 13:52 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8502124-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 13:43 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8501942-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 13:47 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8502062-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 14:07 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8502222-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 14:06 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8502194-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 13:51 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8502105-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: I followed up my afternoon visit to McIntyre Marsh, northwest of Whitehorse, with a second visit the next morning. Every valley and canyon in this region seemed to have a family of Bald Eagles. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:17 9:25 |
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Location:
McIntyre Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8501079-McIntyreMarsh.YK_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: I followed up my afternoon visit to McIntyre Marsh, northwest of Whitehorse, with a second visit the next morning. Every valley and canyon in this region seemed to have a family of Bald Eagles. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:17 9:25 |
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Location:
McIntyre Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8501081-McIntyreMarsh.YK_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: I followed up my afternoon visit to McIntyre Marsh, northwest of Whitehorse, with a second visit the next morning. Every valley and canyon in this region seemed to have a family of Bald Eagles. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:17 8:57 |
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Location:
McIntyre Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8500938-McIntyreMarsh.YK_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: I followed up my afternoon visit to McIntyre Marsh, northwest of Whitehorse, with a second visit the next morning. Every valley and canyon in this region seemed to have a family of Bald Eagles. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:17 8:56 |
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Location:
McIntyre Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8500917-McIntyreMarsh.YK_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: This adult Bald Eagle seemed content to rest on the ground at Bosque during our Saturday tour. I remained there for hours. Jerry, his good friend Ken and I spent a few hours at Bosque del Apache before meeting master falconer Matt and his Harris's Hawks. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:05 11:40 |
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Location:
Bosque del Apache NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BaldEagle_D5X4410-BosqueDelApache |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 14:07 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8502234-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 14:00 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8502155-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: While on one of our vigils at Oxbow Bend on the Snake River, we watched an immature Bald Eagle sail over our heads. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:11 9:04 |
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Location:
Oxbow Bend |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8509870-OxbowBend |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: I followed up my afternoon visit to McIntyre Marsh, northwest of Whitehorse, with a second visit the next morning. Every valley and canyon in this region seemed to have a family of Bald Eagles. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:17 8:56 |
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Location:
McIntyre Marsh |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8500927-McIntyreMarsh.YK_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 13:47 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8502050-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 13:45 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8502035-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: When I began my watch for birds in the morning at Sekiu Bay (Washington), things were fairly quiet until a trio of Bald Eagles showed up and disturbed the peace. Then the fun began. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:10 13:49 |
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Location:
Sekiu Bay |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle_8502095-SekiuBay |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: I stopped at Cape Arago in 2017 during rainy weather, while southbound down the coast. I wanted to try my luck there again. Immature Bald Eagles stood watch over the Sea Lions and Seals just off the cape. |
Date Taken: 2022:03:29 11:01 |
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Location:
Cape Arago |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BaldEagle-SeaScapes_8508307-CapeArago |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bald Eagle(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
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Description: This adult Bald Eagle seemed content to rest on the ground at Bosque during our Saturday tour. I remained there for hours. Jerry, his good friend Ken and I spent a few hours at Bosque del Apache before meeting master falconer Matt and his Harris's Hawks. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:05 12:06 |
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Location:
Bosque del Apache NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: BaldEagle_D5X4459-BosqueDelApache |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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