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[[circled]] 3 [[/circled]]

any other birds around.

[[left margin in red]] Albi [[/left margin]]

5:25 pm. Same flock reappears again. This time Whitestarts definitely in lead. Cheek Atlapetes f -----> Whitestart. [[male symbol]] Albi f ----> Atlapetes. All the rest just f ----> Group still quiet. But most individuals close together.

NOTE: I will [[underlined]] count [[/underlined]] this flock only once, for this afternoon, when making the formal tabulations. But I will use later observations to correct my identifications, and counts of inds., made during the first period of observation.

Thus, for instance, when the flock reappeared this last time, it was obvious that it included [[underlined]] 3 [[/underlined]] Whitestart CXXVII's. Presumably all 3 have been present all the time.

[[left margin in red]] Albi XX [[/left margin]]

NOTE: The [[male symbol]] Albi has been feeding on small tubular orange flowers. In usual Diglossa style. There also is a small hummingbird (XX) here which feeds on same flowers quite frequently. [[underlined]] Apparently using Diglossa holes [[/underlined]]!!!  But I have never seen the 2 species around in the same area at the same time.

When the flock appeared again at 5:25 pm, the [[male symbol]] Albi fed at a whole series of these flowers. 

[[left margin in red]] Albi XX [[/left margin]]

Then disappeared. A few seconds later, a single hummingbird XX appeared. XX j ----> flock Then the XX also fed on whole series of same species of flower as the [[male symbol]] Albi. [[underlined]] Probably [[/underlined]] including some of the same individual flowers!!! But Albi never (re)appears.

[[left margin in red]] Gen [[/left margin]]

Mutual inhibition and avoidance?????

[[left margin in red]] Cy [[/left margin]]

COMMENT: Why aren't there any real "tree top" members of this flock (eg. Cys, some tanagers)?????

Starting downhill 6:00 pm.