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[[circled]] 29 [[/circled]] of "Seeet" Notes. Yellow-bellies j----> Blue & Blacks. A single Sooty Thrush across road does [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] join the group. Sun up 6:21 a m. Blue & Blacks and Yellow-bellies seem to be the only tanagers which range up into the alpine scrub with appreciable frequency. See another single thrush alone. Light eye ring. Clouding over 6:31 a.m. [[margin, in red]] Cy 44 [[/margin]] Well! Well! 6:35. See single Cy (definite). Alone. In tops trees edge alpine and upper sub-tropical forest. 9400 ft according to my altimeter. Apparently looking for insects, leaves and twigs. Silent 15 – 22 ft above ground. [[margin, in red]] Cy Albi [[/margin]] Flies off almost immediately. Then I hear burst Cy-like Twitter some distance away. So Cys may range slightly higher than Albis! Going down the road to where the forest is higher and most of the mixed flocks are 7:00 a.m. Sun out again. See single Sooty Thrush alone. And another. And another. See a couple of Oecthecas alone 7:10. 7:20. See single Blue & Orange. In mature tree. 20 – 25 ft up. Silent. [margin, in red]] 45 [[/margin]] There is another small bird in adjacent tree, 10 – 15 ft away. Can't tell if it is reacting with the Blue & Orange or not. But then the Blue & Orange goes down into tangle. Feeds 4 – 10 ft above ground. Other bird does [[underline]] not [[/underline]] follow. So now Blue & Orange definitely [[underline]] alone [[/underline]]. So perhaps not absolutely obligately commensal! [[margin, in purple]] XII N [[/margin]] [[margin, in red]] Cy Albi 46 [[/margin]] A little further on, see single Cy [[green check mark and red check mark]] alone. Uttering "Tut"s. 15 ft up in small tree. [[underline]] Just [[/underline]] above where first [[female symbol]] Albi seen! Then it, apparently (from sounds) flies into treat 20 ft away, where there is a Yellow-belly. [[margin, in red]] Cy 44 [[/margin]] [[margin, in green]] 77 [[/margin]] It is quite possible that this Cy, Yellow-belly, [[underline]] and [[/underline]] the Blue & Orange are members of a diffuse flock. Or, at least, in process of assembling to for