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[[underlined]] ffuse flock. [[/underlined]] Find the rest of the flock a few yards down road. Region of low but thick second growth scrub. With lots of bamboo and other vegetation, miscellaneous flowers (mostly red) and berry-like fruits. Not far from patch of mature, apparently untouched "upper subtropical" forest. All birds seen are in the scrub itself.

[[left margin in colors]] Brun 55 Cy 64 63 [[left margin in colors]] 

This part of the group includes at least one (possibly two-but, if so, not together) [[underlined]] Brun(s), [[green checkmark and purple 2 over name]] 1 Cy, [[green check mark and purple 3 over name]] 1 Plush-capped Finch, [[green checkmark and purple 4 over name]] [[/underlined]] a variety of hummingbirds [[3 green checkmarks and purple 5 and 6 over name]] (including 1 individual which probably is a [[underlined]] Ensifera [[/underlined]],2 PL Atlapetes, [[2 green checkmarks and purple 7 over name]] [[underlined]] and at least 2 pairs [[4 green checkmarks and purple 8 over name]] or family groups
(4 - 6 individuals) of rufinucha[[/underlined]] (white spots on wings). Almost a "mixed Atlapetes" flock!!!! Also 1 [[green checkmark over "1" and purple 9 over name]] Yellow-belly with flock! 

Birds on both sides path. Sometimes far apart. Sometimes close together. But moving about in "all directions." Perhaps group as a whole going about in a circle. But the whole thing looks very disorganized! Can't tell who (if anyone) is leading.

Most birds ranging 1 - 6 ft up. [[underlined]] rufinuchas [[/underlined]] ranging from ground to 6 ft up.

When group first seen, it was very, [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] noisy. Largely Atlapetes sounds. Lots of "Greeting Twitters." Also Whistle songs. [[underlined]] (When Atlapetes were most noisy, the Yellowfaces were silent.) [[/underlined]] I think that a lot of the noise must have been due to the fact that the flock as a whole was passing from the territory of one pair or family group of [[underlined]] rufinuchas [[/underlined]] to that of another-thus provoking a territorial boundary dispute. Viz the Yellow-thighed finches in Chinqui.  It also is possible that there was more than one pair or family group of PL's associated with this flock-and that they were also disputing-but I can't be sure about this.)