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And somewhere along the way they pick up at least [[green checkmark]] [[insert, in purple]] 8 [[/insert]]
1 tree-creeper and 
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2 [[three green checkmarks]] [[insert, in purple]] 9 [[/insert]] in purple above]] (or 4!) [[underlined]] Atlapetes brunneinucha[[/underlined]]. The [[underlined]] brunneinucha [[/underlined]] f ---> group [[underlined]] repeatedly [[/underlined]] ([[underlined]]at least 6 times[[/underlined]])!!!
Synallaxis, [[underlined]] brunneinucha [[/underlined]], and tree-creeper stay relatively low. Ground to 3 ft up in the case of the first two species. 1 to 3 ft up in case of the third.
Group still very coherent at this time.
Group also attracts [[one green checkmark]] [[insert,, in purple]] 10 [[/insert]] 1 White-throated Hummingbird. 
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Joins and leaves the group repeatedly. Flitting about all over the place. But definitely keeps pace with the group as a whole. [[underlined]] Certainly an integral member of the group. [[/underlined]].
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Group also attracts [[green checkmark]] [[insert, in purple]] 11 [[/insert]] 1 Big Buthraupis. Flying around high in trees above the other birds. 30-40 ft up. Also keeping pace with group. [[underlined]] Atlapetes [[/underlined]] spp., [[underlined]] Hemispingus [[/underlined]] spp., Yellowface all noisy. But neither [[underlined]] Atlapetes [[/underlined]] nor Yellowface sing. But one or both [[underlined]] Hemispingus [[/underlined]] spp. utter(s) lots of Rattle-Flourishes. Other birds consistently quiet or silent.
White throat feeds on flowers (including tubular purple ones 
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sometimes favored by Albis). Big Buthraupis apparently doesn't eat at all while with group. All other species apparently looking for insects all or most of the time. Probing in crevices, twigs, leaves, etc.
NOTES: [[underlined]] This could be described as a "mixed Atlapetes flock" [[/underlined]]. Rather like the one seen near Belmira a couple of weeks ago!!! And [[underlined] certainly the rufinucha's could be described as "passive nuclear" [[/underlined]].
Are the [[underlined]] brunneinuclia [[/underlined]]'s [[underlined]] really [[/underlined]] allogregarious here??? If so, it would be a blow (or the exception) to my general rule that birds in Chiriqui tend to be more gregarious than individuals of the same species