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canet type croaks. One Whitestart (presumably Yellow-faced) Song 6:11 am.

Incidentally, in this natural-looking scrub, there are almost [[underlined]] no [[/underlined]] flowers now. Certainly no dark red cup shaped ones. I.E. the non-commensal Diglossini (and many hummingbirds) must be much more common in young second growth here than in mature or nearly mature scrub.

6:25 Now beginning to see a few (unidentifiable) birds moving around in distance. NOTE: Altho the weather is not too bad now, it [[underlined]] poured [[/underlined]] all night. It may take the birds some time to recover from the downpour.

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See 2 green VIII hummingbirds alone. One chasing the other in flight. Silent.

Rain itself almost stopped at 6:33 am. But fog is still thick.

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6:40 see pair [[2 red checkmarks]] Blue & Orange Tanagers distant tree. Ranging 15 - 30 ft above ground. Definitely alone. Perhaps this species is not gregarious here? If so, why doesn´t it occur in Quito region.

NOTE: I forgot to comment on one point yesterday. There were a surprising number of inter-specific disputes yesterday (quite apart from encounters between species of Diglossini social complex). Is this correlated with the fact that some species are becoming non-gregarious here?

Now fog is lifting, but rain is getting worse.

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6:47 See [[red checkmark]] single Firebelly alone. Very low in thick scrub. 2 ft above ground. Silent.

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At same time, hear Laf Songs in distance.

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6:58 See [[red checkmark]] single Laf alone 6 ft up in dense scrub. Utters a few "Seet" Notes. Then flies on.

There seem to be few or no Sooty Thrushes here. But lots of furnariids. Very different from the other area here where I have worked!