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[[circled]] 56 [[/circled]] [[margin,in red]] Cy Inter [[/margin]] Altho the Cy and the Inters were on the same side of the road when the group was divided, they did [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] seem to be associating particularly closely with one another. Cy eating berries. Inters taking insects off leaves. [[margin,in green]] 19 [[/margin]] At one time, there was a single [[green, blue and pencil checkmarks]] [[insert,circled]] 11 [[/insert]] Sooty Thrush right in the middle of the flock. But it apparently did not stay with group. [[underlined]] This certainly was another flock reminiscent of the Central and Western Cordilleras!!! [[/underlined]] Are large coherent flocks found [[underlined]] everywhere, [[/underlined]] throughout the Andes, where there is VSF-type forest at relatively low elevations??? Perhaps flocks are particularly well developed here because this area is particularly close to the border of the Sierra de Merida??? NOTE: the "Gray cap"s are a puzzle. Obviously [[underlined]] Basileuterus [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] Hemispingus [[/underlined]]. Clear gray (almost blue gray) on crown. Conspicuous dark streak thru crown. Otherwise yellow below, yellow-olive above. I have certainly called such birds [[underlined]] H. superciliaris reyi [[/underlined]] before. [[underlined]] But are they? [[/underlined]] They certainly do [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] have any visible white superciliary!!! Rain starts 3:10 pm. Stops again 3:29. [[margin,in purple]] II [[/margin]] 3:38 pm. Some considerable distance along road. 8600 ft. [[margin,in green]] 22 [[/margin]] See another mixed flock. In scrub edge obviously mature VSF. Group includes [[three blue, three green, three pencil checkmarks]] [[insert,circled]] 1 [[/insert]] [[underlined]] 3 [[/underlined]] [[margin,in red]] Inter [[/margin]] [[margin,in green]] 26 [[/margin]] Inters, 1 [[green, pencil and blue checkmarks]] [[insert,circled]] 2 [[/insert]] [[underlined]] luteoviridis [[/underlined]] - types (apparently usual species), [[blue, pencil, and green checkmarks]] [[insert,circled]] 3 [[/insert]] 1 PL, 2 [[two blue, two green, two pencil checkmarks]] [[insert,circled]] 4 [[/insert]] White beards. [[margin,in blue]] III [[/margin]] Group [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] coherent. All ranging 6" - 3' up! All uttering CN's, but nothing else. Whitebeards and Sittis alternating in lead. [[margin, in red, underlined]] sitticolor [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Conirostrum sitticolor [[/underlined]] certainly does appear to be [[underlined]] primarily [[/underlined]] a bird of scrub! Going back along road a few minutes later, I can hear both flocks approximately where I left them. Then go on to another area 8975 ft. Edge fog level. Arrive 4:15 pm