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7:50.  Cy perched top of tree where Coers seen earlier.
Singing. Short phrases.  All with "Tseet tseet" intro notes.  [[underlined]] NOD. [[/underlined]]

Incidentally, I have now come to the conclusion that Cys and Coers are easy to tell apart.

Cy shuts up after a couple of minutes.

Cys and Coers [[underlined]] do [[/underlined]] seem to be managing to avoid physical or vocal contact with one another. Does this suggest that they compete with one another more or less than do the more typical Diglossa species (Hummer, Laf, Bari) here???

Everything silent 7:55 am.  Going to try going down road (again).

See several Lafs, alone and in pairs (chasing one another).  Lots of Laf songs. NOD.

8:01.  See big [[underlined]] Pheucticus [[/underlined]] [[?]].  The [[underlined]] other [[/underlined]] species.  The one I've never seen before.  Black above. Including whole head & throat.  Single individual.  Definitely alone.

See group 3 Lafs flying about together.  Alone.

Lafs certainly are singing more than on my first day here!
First sign of approaching breeding season???

Wind increasing 8:10.

See a Blue Diglossa, apparently Cy, being chased by [[?]] hummingbird.  Diglossa lands in thick scrub.  Out of sight But utters several Cy - type song phrases. NOD.

Why do almost all the insectararious birds here show so [[underlined]] much [[/underlined]] inter-specific hostility.  Populations are dense here, but no denser than many other areas I have worked in .  And there are quite a lot of followers around.