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NOTE: This area here is quite close to some edges Paramo. The border between Paramo and scrub or forest here is very irregular. There are large patches of Paramo below (probably 200 ft below) highest patches of forest.

8:30. It would appear that very [[underlined]] good [[/underlined] weather here discourages the formation of mixed flocks [[underlined]] as much [[/underlined]] as very bad weather.

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8:35 See pair [[2 red checkmarks]] Whitestarts (definately Yellow-faced) alone. Feeding in trees, 10 - 20 ft up. Also low and hidden in scrub. Uttering "CN"s.

8:55 am. Cloud and wind increasing. Come to region partly burned and extremely varied vegetation. A few trees 20 - 30 ft tall. Also lots of fairly new-looking second growth vegetation. No typical Alpine Scrub. There is a large 
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mixed flock moving thru this area. Its apparently "permanent" members include [[green checkmark]] 1 Black and White, [[3 green checkmarks]] [[purple]] 2 [[/purple]] 3 Blue & Orange (2 adults, 1 juv.), [[2 green checkmarks]] [[purple]] 3 [[purple]] 2 PR Atlapetes, [[green checkmark]] 1 of the little streaked flycatchers which utters Albi-like R's - no. LXXXXI (this species must be a regular member mixed flocks), at least [[green checkmark]] [[purple]] 5 [[/purple]] one Whitebearded flycatcher, 

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and [[2 green checkmarks]] [[purple]] 6 [[/purple]] 2 Sittis. When first seen, the Black and white was in the lead, followed by Blue & Orange's. All others following these 2 species. But then the Black and White flies across road. No one follows. After this, the Blue & Orange's definitely in lead. And remain so for 10 minutes (approximately). Flock very coherent. All birds close together (1 - 20 ft apart). Different species in "second place", right behind Blue & Orange's, at different times. At least once, the Whitebeard, at least once, the PR Atlapetes; several times, the Sittis; at least once, the little streaked Flycatcher. Eventually, the Blue & Orange Tanagers also cross road. [[underlined]] Perhaps [[/underlined]] rejoining the Black and White, which may have been moving along parallel to the rest of the flock.

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I caught one brief glimpse of a [[green checkmark]] [[purple]] 7 [[/purple]] Synallaxis with flock. Quite probably the usual rufous species. But I don't know whether it remained with the flock for a