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Weather today is clear but windy
Absolutely nothing of interest yet 6:05 am.
See a couple of Sooty Thrushes 10-15 ft up in second growth trees: silent and alone.
There are almost no flowers around here
[[left margin in red]] 5 [[/left margin]] 6:15 am. See a pair of Whitestarts, [[two red check marks over name]] apparently alone, 20 ft up in large tree. Can't see birds well enough to be absolutely sure of species. But certainly with yellow cheeks. Presumably a Yellow-faced or one of the Spectacled types. Apparently uttering occasional song phrases. Yes! Rattier Laf-like songs. No other birds audible at the time.
Going down into scrub, hear quite a lot of bird sounds. Whitestart phrases, miscellaneous R's, others. Sounds as if a mixed flock might be forming. But I can't actually see the birds.
As far as I can tell, Whitestart songs seldom or never overlap anything else.
[[left margin in red]] 7 [[/left margin]] 6:29 am. See [[underlined]] Atlapetes rufinucha [[/underlined]] [[two red check marks]] 2 ft up in second growth scrub under tall bushes. [[underlined]] Probably [[/underlined]] another [[underlined]] rufinucha [[/underlined]] nearby. Hear what sounds like Atlapetes "greeting" twitter. The nimble bird disappears almost immediately. Apparently alone while under observation. But in same general area where I heard a variety of noises a few minutes earlier. This (ese) [[underlined]] rufinucha(s) [[/underlined]] certainly not in highly integrated flock,but perhaps hanging about in neighborhood other species.
[[left margin in red]] Albi 8 [[/left margin]]
A minute later, see single [[male symbol]] [[red check mark over symbol]] Albi in low scrub, 2 ft up, only 10 yards away. Silent and apparently alone. This scrub is [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] under trees (although there are rather small trees not very far away).
[[left margin in red]] Albi [[/left margin]]
Probably, the Albis and Grassquits here were alternating their R's earlier this morning. But, if no, I was unable to differentiate bet