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[[circled]] 16 [[/circled]] Then hear CXXVII Song downhill. NODWAH. Then hear several Scans singing downhill. Also NODWAH. [[left margin in red]] Scan [[/left margin]] Also some sounds which may be Scan flight display. 7:31 am. Sun has come out and is beginning to reach this area. [[left margin in red]] Nocti Scan Albi [[/left margin]] Walking back down road. 7:45. Above first Nocti area. Hear Scans singing downhill. NODWAH. Stop. Then hear Albi-type R. NODWAH. 7:55 am. Down by first Nocti area. See single [[checkmark]] [[insert,in pencil]] 55 [[/insert]] Cheek Atlapetes 1 ft up low scrub. Silent and alone. (This presumably is same individual seen with flock yesterday. Another indication that association of Cheeks with flocks is facultative.) 8:20 am. Down by "the flock" area. See a very large group crossing road. Partly, but not completely, same as group seen on earlier days. Today includes at least [[underlined]] 20 [[/underlined]] [[insert,in pencil]] 171 [[/insert]] [[insert,in blue]] 1 [[/insert]] "Plain Chlorophonias" [[underlined]] (CXXXII). [[/underlined]] (These are undoubtedly the same as [[left margin in blue]] 20 [[/left margin]] the birds that I thought were Euphonias the day before yesterday). [[left margin in red]] Albi [[/left margin]] 2 [[2 checkmarks]] [[insert,in pencil] 173 [[/insert]] [insert,in [blue]] 2 [[/insert]] Yellowbellies At least 4 [[4 checkmarks] [[insert,in pencil]] 177 [[/insert]] [[insert,in blue]] 3 [[/insert]] Cheek Atlapetes. 1 [[male symbol]] [[checkmark]] [[insert,in pencil]] 178 [[/insert]] [[insert,in blue]] 4 [[/insert]] Albi. 1 [[checkmark]] [[insert,in pencil]] 179 [[/insert]] [[insert,in blue]] 5 [[/insert]] Whitestart CXXVII. 1 [[checkmark]] [[insert,in pencil]] 180 [[/insert]] [[insert,in blue]] 6 [[/insert]] "Brown Whitestart." 1 [[checkmark]] [[insert,in pencil]] 181 [[/insert]] [[insert,in blue]] 7 [[/insert]] small tree creeper. 1 [[checkmark]] [[insert,in pencil]] 182 [[/insert]] [[insert,in blue]] 8 [[/insert]] Bright Ruddy Flycatcher. 1 [[checkmark]] [[insert,in pencil]] 183 [[/insert]] [[insert,in blue]] 9 [[/insert]] Flycatcher of a species I have never seen before (brown cap & black, yellow superciliary). Group as a whole highly integrated. Yellowbellies and/or Cheek Atlapetes definitely in lead. Whitestart CXXVII definitely bringing up rear. Vegetation here is very mixed. USTF trees and all sorts of scrub, as well as bare earth of road and embankment. The Chlorophonias stayed high in trees, 20 - 30 ft up. The Yellowbellies stayed in scrub and low trees, 3 - 10 ft up.