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8:58 See another mixed flock. Certainly not the same one seen earlier this morning. Quite far up road. Region of low but thick second growth interspersed with a few medium sized mature trees and some tall bushes. When first seen, 

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group includes 1 [[green checkmark]] [[purple]] 1 [[/purple]] Blue & Black, 2 [[two green checkmarks]] [[purple]] 2 [[/purple]]Yellow-faced Whitestarts, 2 [[2 green checkmarks]] [[purple]] 3 [[/purple]] PL Atlapetes, 1 [[green checkmark]] [[purple]] 4 [[/purple]] Yellowbelly. Blue & Black definitely in lead. PL's and Whitestarts alternate in second place. Both follow and join Blue & Black [[underlined]] repeatedly [[/underlined]]. Yellowbelly brings up the rear. Yellowbelly ranging 6 – 20 ft up. All others 3 – 20 ft. Group rather quiet. But Whitestarts Sing occasionally. PL's utter Twitters.
A few minutes later group crosses road. Flies into taller trees. Now the order of precedence is reversed. Yellow-belly in lead. Whitestarts repeatedly following join Yellow-belly. Blue & Black f [[right arrow]] group. Blue & Black j [[right arrow]] Yellowbelly. All birds ranging 20 – 40 ft up. PL's seem to have disappeared. Whitestarts flycatching. Both species tanagers feeding on buds and/or small berries. Group quiet now. Only "CN"s. Then group disappears. Apparently went up hill.
It's getting colder 9:24 a.m.
See a single Sooty Thrush alone. And then another.
9:55. Cloud cover getting lighter. Followed by a slight increase in bird noises. But not much.
Then suddenly see big mixed flock. Coming down hill. [[underlined]] Obviously [[/underlined]] 

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largely the same as big mixed flock seen just after dawn. I cannot get very good view of the flock now. But it certainly includes at least the following

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birds now: at least 2 [[2 green checkmarks]] [[purple]] 1 [[/purple]] [[underlined]] Pseudospingus [[/underlined]], 2 [[two green checkmarks]]  [[purple]] 2 [[/purple]]  Sittis, 1 or 2 [[green checkmark]] [[purple]] 3 [[/purple]]  PL Atlapetes, 2 [[two green checkmarks]] [[purple]] 4 [[/purple]] Yellow-bellies, 1 [[green checkmark]] [[purple]] 5 [[/purple]] Flycatcher LXXXXI,3 [[three green checkmarks]] [[purple]] 6 [[/purple]] Yellow-faced Whitestarts, and [[4 green checkmarks]] [[purple]] 7 8 [[/purple]] [[underlined]] Basileuterus [[/underlined]] and/or [[underlined]] Hemispingus [[/underlined]] types (unidentified), 2 [[two green checkmarks]] [[purple]] 9 [[/purple]] Plush-capped Finches, and a [[underlined]] few [[/underlined]] others (see below).