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[[underlined]]Cyanerpes[[/underlined]], June 23, 1960, IV 85
he just flew away from her.
About this time, (ca. 7:30 a.m.), both birds seemed to be calming down appreciably. Both birds flying about less excitedly, with only a few CN's. Both birds fed from time to time.
Every once in a while, however, the ♂ would fly to the ♀ and start to perform a little more St. display. Usually definitely E St. Tail sometime a little raised Wings sometimes a little drooped or held away from the body, but without Q (the Q of this species must be a relatively very high intensity posture!). Sometimes silent, sometimes accompanied by a few soft, muffled Bzz Notes.
The usual St posture of the ♂ during these approaches was more or less comme ça: 
[[sketch of bird]]
Very little Belly fluffing
Body looking relatively long
The ♀ did not respond to any of these approaches
Eventually, she just sat quietly, rather fluffed, even slightly ruffled, apparently half asleep, quite ignoring the ♂.
The ♂ continued to fly around, approaching the ♀ from time to time. Each time he approached her, he assumed some sort of an St posture, but then gradually changed a little.[[sketch of bird]]
Became more like the UG Fluff Posture of the Green Honeycreeper
Definite Belly-fluffing. The appearance of such postures after the ♂ has "relaxed" a little, and the ♀ had begun to sit quietly, would suggest that these postures (especially the Belly-fluffing component) are either an indication of low intensity motivation