Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Chipping Sparrows have a range that spans most of the North American continent in summer and Mexico in the winter, though the American southwest is also a favorite winter home. They prefer habitat in wooded areas with grassy openings. When nesting season is over, we often find these birds in flocks. Normally they feed on the ground, but will fly out to catch insects when they can.
Today, science recognises five subspecies of Chipping Sparrow. S.p. passerina breeds in North America, east of Minnesota and migrates south to winter in the USA’s southeast and Gulf states. S.p. arizonae breeds in western North America and migrates south to winter in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Baja California, and the highlands of Mexico. S.p. atremaea is resident in the western mountains of Mexico. S.p. mexicana is resident in central and southern Mexico. S.p. pinetorum is resident in northern Central America.
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: (Spizella passerina) At Garnet Queen Creek Crossing, on Santa Rosa Mountain. Southern Riverside County, California USA 2011-09-10. |
Date Taken: 2011:09:10 10:05 |
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Location:
Santa Rosa Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X2246-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: (Spizella passerina) Juvenile at Garnet Queen Creek Crossing, on Santa Rosa Mountain. Southern Riverside County, California USA 2011-09-10. |
Date Taken: 2011:09:10 10:07 |
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Location:
Santa Rosa Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/5000 |
File Name: D3X2274-ChippingSparrow-Juvenile |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: As seen from Skyline Drive outside of Pinedale Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:14 9:18 |
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Location:
Skyline Drive |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/9.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X2343-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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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 11:00 |
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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: D3X3414-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: (Spizella passerina) Aubrey Park in Old Poway has been a reliable place to find these birds for our Christmas Bird Counts. San Diego County California USA 2015-01-05. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:05 10:15 |
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Location:
Old Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X4702-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: (Spizella passerina) Aubrey Park in Old Poway has been a reliable place to find these birds for our Christmas Bird Counts. San Diego County California USA 2015-01-05. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:05 10:28 |
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Location:
Old Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X4706-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: (Spizella passerina) Aubrey Park in Old Poway has been a reliable place to find these birds for our Christmas Bird Counts. San Diego County California USA 2015-01-05. |
Date Taken: 2015:01:05 10:29 |
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Location:
Old Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X4711-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:26 10:57 |
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Location:
Bitterroot Court |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X4796-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Along the road to Applegate Lake from Jacksonville, Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:10 10:35 |
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Location:
Applegate Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X9657-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: We found these birds at most of our stops in British Columbia while northbound on the Alaska-Canada expedition of 2005. Kootenay River, British Columbia, Canada 2005-05-30. |
Date Taken: 2005:05:29 19:14 |
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Location:
Kootenay Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/20 |
File Name: JCD2678ChippingSparrow |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: (Spizella passerina) We found these birds at most of our stops in British Columbia and much of Alberta while northbound on the Alaska-Canada expedition of 2005. Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada 2005-06-07. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:07 5:33 |
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Location:
Lesser Slave Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD3706ChippingSparrow |
| © 2005 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: (Spizella passerina) We found these birds at most of our stops in British Columbia and much of Alberta while northbound on the Alaska-Canada expedition of 2005. Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada 2005-06-07. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:07 5:33 |
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Location:
Lesser Slave Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD3711ChippingSparrow |
| © 2005 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: (Spizella passerina) A cut-out image of a bird I found in Alberta while northbound on the Alaska-Canada expedition of 2005. Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada 2005-06-07. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:07 5:33 |
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Location:
Wagner |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: Cut_JCD3711ChippingSparrow |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: This encounter took place in Bosque del Apache NWR. Near Socorro, New Mexico USA 2003-08-24. |
Date Taken: 2003:08:24 13:32 |
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Location:
Bosque del Apache NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: JCD_0508ChippingSparrow |
| © 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Rustler Park near the higher elevations of the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2003:08:27 17:44 |
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Location:
Rustler Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 |
File Name: JCD_1083ChippingSparrow |
| © 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Juvenile bird at the springs on Santa Rosa Mountain, at 7500 feet elevation in southern Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2016:08:31 10:17 |
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Location:
Santa Rosa Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D724432-ChippingSparrow-Juvenile |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: My meeting with this sparrow was all too brief. Along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:06 11:49 |
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Location:
Siskiyou Summit |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800 |
File Name: ChippingSparrow_D5X0348-SiskiyouSummit |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: At 9627 feet of elevation, California Highway 108 is the second highest road that crosses the Sierra Nevada Range. The pass marks the bountary between Tuolumne County and Mono County California. |
Date Taken: 2017:07:12 14:48 |
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Location:
Sonora Pass |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: ChippingSparrow_D5X8924-SonoraPass |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Camped with the San Diego Natural History team near Campo California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2017:10:27 8:00 |
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Location:
Clover Flat |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: ChippingSparrow_D5X5904-CloverFlats |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Near the summit at Santa Rosa Mountain. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:13 10:53 |
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Location:
Santa Rosa Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X9061-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Near the summit at Santa Rosa Mountain. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:13 10:52 |
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Location:
Santa Rosa Mountain |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X9055-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:26 10:57 |
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Location:
Bitterroot Court |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X4796-ChippingSparrow-2 |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Along the road to Applegate Lake from Jacksonville, Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:10 10:35 |
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Location:
Applegate Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X9639-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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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 10:52 |
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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: D3X3378-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: As seen from Skyline Drive outside of Pinedale Wyoming. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:14 9:14 |
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Location:
Skyline Drive |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/9.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X2322-ChippingSparrow |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Driving along the Tularosa River near Apache Creek, New Mexico, I stopped at a likely looking location to look for birds, where this Chipping Sparrow rested under the shade of a nearby tree. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:20 12:39 |
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Location:
Tularosa River |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: ChippingSparrow_D509043-ApacheCreek-NM |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: Driving along the Tularosa River near Apache Creek, New Mexico, I stopped at a likely looking location to look for birds, where this Chipping Sparrow rested under the shade of a nearby tree. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:20 12:39 |
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Location:
Tularosa River |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: ChippingSparrow_D509049-ApacheCreek-NM |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: These birds, the first Chipping Sparrows I met in Texas, were in the visitor parking lot. I returned to Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park Friday, three days after my first brief visit last Tuesday, when cold weather had a firm grip on most live forms. With my repaired bicycle under me, I explored all the paths the park would allow and spent a lovely day capturing wildlife images. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:18 9:24 |
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Location:
Bentsen RGV State Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: ChippingSparrow_D5X2586-Bentsen-RGV-SP |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: These birds, the first Chipping Sparrows I met in Texas, were in the visitor parking lot. I returned to Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park Friday, three days after my first brief visit last Tuesday, when cold weather had a firm grip on most live forms. With my repaired bicycle under me, I explored all the paths the park would allow and spent a lovely day capturing wildlife images. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:18 9:41 |
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Location:
Bentsen RGV State Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: ChippingSparrow_D5X2875-Bentsen-RGV-SP |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: These birds, the first Chipping Sparrows I met in Texas, were in the visitor parking lot. I returned to Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park Friday, three days after my first brief visit last Tuesday, when cold weather had a firm grip on most live forms. With my repaired bicycle under me, I explored all the paths the park would allow and spent a lovely day capturing wildlife images. |
Date Taken: 2021:02:18 9:39 |
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Location:
Bentsen RGV State Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: ChippingSparrow_D5X2817-Bentsen-RGV-SP |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Chipping Sparrow(Spizella passerina) |
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Description: These sparrows will make the most of the bugs they find on the ground, before heading north to breed. It was a bright Sunday on South Padre Island, and I stayed over 9 hours. I started the morning with an hour at Sheepshead Sanctuary and drove to the Convention Centre for the rest of the day, and met a couple of birds new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:02 9:25 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1500 |
File Name: ChippingSparrow_D5X4411_SPI-Sheepshead |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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