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[[margin, in green]] 34 [[/margin]] followed by some small olive-ish [[checkmark ,in green]] bird (unidentified). Then alone again (Actually, I think this "olive-ish" bird may have been a wren.)
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9:02. See single White [[checkmark ,in red]] beard alone. 25 ft up in isolated tree
9:04. [[underline]] Just [[/underline]] as light rain starts. See mixed flock. Includes at least
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2 [[2 checkmarks, in green]] [[insert, in purple]] 1 [[/insert]] [[underline]] Buthraupis eximia [[/underline]], 1 [[checkmark, in green]] [[insert, in purple]] 2 [[/insert]] [[underline]] Pseudospingus [[/underline]], 1 [[checkmark, in green]] [[insert, in purple]] 3 [[/insert]]  Yellowbelly. 
[[underline]] Eximias [[/underline]] definitely in lead. [[underline]] Pseudospingus [[/underline]] follows and joins them repeatedly. Yellowbelly also f ---> group. Then Yellow belly j ---> [[underline]] Pseudospingus [[/underline]] Then [[underline]] eximias [[/underline]] and [[underline]] Pseudospingus [[/underline]] fly on. 
Yellow belly does [[underline]] not [[/underline]] follow 
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A minute later see single [[red check mark]] Yellow-faced Whitethroat in another area alone. Low scrub. 3 - 4 ft. up. Sings. Then silent. 
(NOTE: Flock ranged thru low scrub, 6 - 15 ft above ground; also into tall trees, 20 - 30 ft up. All birds moving at approximately same levels)
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9:13 See [[2 red check marks]] two White beards alone. In low scattered scrub. 4 - 5 ft up. Fairly quiet
Rain stopped 9:15. But it certainly seems to have brought a lot of birds [[underline]] up [[/underline]] into
visibility and activity!!! There [[underline]] also [[/underline]] is a lot more in the way of bird song now than earlier. 
Now flock moving back. And it seems to have grown by accreation! Now includes many more birds. I probably didn't see them all; but 
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I did note the following: the [[underline]] eximias [[/underline]] as before, at least 2 [[two green check marks]] [[insert, in purple]] 4 [[/insert]] [[underline]] Pseudospingus [[/underline]],
[[margin, in red]] Sitti [[/margin]]
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at least 3 [[three green checkmarks]] [[insert, in purple]] 5 [[/insert]] [[underline]] Whitebeards [[/underline]], 2 [[two green check marks]] [[insert, in purple]] 6 [[/insert]] Sittis (!) Flock moving thru region of very diverse vegetation. Scattered tall mature trees, with lots of epiphytes
Also scattered patches low scrub All intermingled with open patches bare pasture. The [[underline]]  eximias [[/underline]] and the [[underline]] Pseudospingus [[/underline]] stayed in the trees, 20 - 40 ft up. [[underline]] Pseudospingus [[/underline]] picking insects off leaves. The Whitebeards [[underline]] and [[/underline]] the Sittis ranged thru both trees [[underline]] and [[/underline]] low scrub 6 - 40 ft up. Sittis pick