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It certainly looks as if the breeding season of the tanagers is over here now, or, at least, getting on to the end.

Are the Blue and Blacks more gregarious here than they were in Venezuela?? Is this an exception to my general rule???? (Time difference a problem here.)

Blue is certainly the dominant color of flock birds here.  Yellow the next most important color.

Could the blue color of Cy be significant in explaining or facilitating its association with mixed flocks????
[[margin note in red]] Cy [[/margin note]]

Came back to II flock area 8:50.  To find flock either gone, or, perhaps more probably, dispersed.  Thrushes still around.  Can also hear Blue & Black begging notes somewhere around.  As I approached, I also heard Cy songs some distance away.  As if Cy had begun to sing after leaving, or being left by, flock.
[[margin note in red]] Cy [[/margin note]]

Then see a couple of Black-burnian warblers II area.  

(Blackburnian was the common warbler in mixed flocks today)

Good heavens!  At least part of flock [[underlined]]is[[/underlined]] still here.  Just see the pair of [[underlined]] rufinucha [[/underlined]] again.

Cy stopped singing long ago.

Moving on again 9:00 am.

As I leave see a couple of Blue & Blacks feeding in tree.  Rather to one side of other birds. [[underlined]]Not[[/underlined]] in direction in which [[underlined]]rufinucha[[/underlined]] were moving.

Back to I area 9:07.  Birds apparently gone.

9:45.  New area.  Far from old.  8000 ft.  Patch of forest along ravine.  Mixed flock including at least one Blue & Black, a pair of Yellow-faced Redstarts, [[underlined]]1 Cy [[/underlined]], [[underlined]]2 rufinucha[[/underlined]], thrushes, others Modera
[[margin note in red]] Cy [[/margin note]]

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