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[[circled]] 6 [[/circled ]] ily group. Moving thru low sparse scrub. On ground and in bushes a few inches above ground. Very noise; uttering twitters, rattles, and other song notes. [[underlined]] Definitely quite alone. [[/underlined]] [[left margin in red]] 13 [[/left margin]] Lots of [[4 pencil,4 blue, and 4 red checkmarks]] [[circled in blue]] 13 [[/circled]] White-bearded Flycatchers around. Alone. Fog starting to come in 8:55 am. [[left margin in red]] Glor 14 [[/left margin]] Finally see first [[1 red, 1 pencil, and 1 blue checkmark]] [[circled in blue]] 14 [[/circled]] Glor 9:01. Silent and alone. Feeding on clusters small page yellowish white flowers. [[left margin in red]] 15 [[/left margin]] 9:20. Find another [[1 red, 1 pencil and 1 blue checkmark]] [[circled in blue]] 15 [[/circled]] PL. Definitely single and alone. Perched exposed in bush 7 ft above ground. Uttering faint "tuk" or "Tsit" Notes Leaving 9:30 am According to my altimeter, now, the altitude here is 8,925 ft. (which suggests that my altimeter is very wrong). COMMENT: I. Saw quite a lot of BT's around hotel while watching local Diglossini this afternoon. They frequently occur in close contact with other species. But apparently purely "coincidental". (There are so many birds around this area that everyone is crowded.) No indications that BT's are joining and following or being joined or followed. II. The general situation at [[insert]] O.K. [[/insert]] [[strikethrough]] Paramo La Negra [[/strikethrough]] is a surprise. I certainly would have expected to see more in the way of mixed flocks than I did this morning. But I [[underlined]] think [[/underlined]] I may be able to explain the discrepancy. Mixed flocks probably are absent now because certain vital species, which were present in September, 1962, have left the area now. There is nothing around now which tends to react to the PL Atlapetes frequently (e.g. the Yellow-belly seems to be abs
