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Proof: Western snowy plovers return to California beach after 40 years as 212 birds are released since 2016

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T16:02:38Z","headline":"Western snowy plovers return to California beach after 40 years as 212 birds are released since 2016","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"timesofindia","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/wildlife/after-40-years-without-nesting-western-snowy-plovers-have-returned-to-a-california-beach-a-conservation-programme-has-now-released-212-birds-since-2016-and-is-using-tracking-tags-to-follow-their-movements/articleshow/134537530.cms","v":1}

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SHA-256

cd2493fff2f32744b7a5e4fa9066dac213987304e847b9db7e1011b150fca6cc

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969024, mined 2026-09-28 16:28 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 16:07 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageThe Wayback Machine could not capture the story page: error:not-found.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-cd2493fff2f3.json prints cd2493fff2f32744b7a5e4fa9066dac213987304e847b9db7e1011b150fca6cc. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-cd2493fff2f3.json and headline-cd2493fff2f3.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-cd2493fff2f3.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.