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[[circled]] 16 [[/circled]] 8:30. Come across definite mixed flock. High in tall trees. Includes at least 1 Whitestart, 1 [[underlined]] Tangara [[/underlined]] which may be [[underlined]] labradorides [[/underlined]] (VII), and other(s). Joined by 1 pair [[underlined]] T. xanthocepha [[/underlined]]. Also 1 [[underlined]] Thraupis cyanocephala. [[/underlined]] Group as a whole diffuse and quiet. Uttering CN's. Occasional song phrase by Whitestart. Leaving this area 9:05 am. Back to first spot 9:15. Everything very quiet Aha! See single [[underlined]] Slate-throated [[/underlined]] Whitestart alone. So perhaps the Whitestarts heard earlier this morning were not White-spectacled (But there is no doubt that the Paramo La Negra birds are White-spectacled) [[margin]] Cy [[/margin]] 9:37 See single Cy near pair of tanagers (probably [[underlined]] Th. cyanocephala [[/underlined]]) in top of tall tree, 40 - 50 ft above ground. Cy files in one direction. Tanagers in the opposite. Then I can hear (vaguely) Cy singing in distance. Short, high, thin twitters. Can't distinguish intro notes at this distance. See Slate-throated Whitestart alone again. See pair of BCBT's in low dense thicket, 2 - 5 ft above ground. Uttering "Tuk" notes. Definitely alone. Fly away with R's. Leaving 10:00am COMMENT: Up til now, it has become more and more obvious that mixed flocks are not really very common here (altho they certainly do occur - and sometimes in specialized form). I will be interested to see what happens tomorrow, when I hope to work above the Teleferico #1 station. SEE ALSO TODAY'S NOTES ON MIXED DIGLOSSINI [[margin]] BQ [[/margin]] MORE COMMENT: Possibly the BQ may be another exa