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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