This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
[[circled]] 51 [[/circled]] I wonder why there seem to be few or no [[underlined]] Tangaras [[/underlined]] around here? See a single sooty thrush. Silent and alone. 8:15 am. 7825 ft. Region of very mixed scrub. Lots of bamboo and lots of everything else. Fairly low on the average. On very steep slope. Come across [[underlined]] definite [[/underlined]] mixed flock. The central "nucleus" of the group (altho almost certainly not the leaders - not in front) is composed of 2 or 4 "[[underlined]] Basileuterus luteoviridis [[/underlined]]"-types. Possibly the same as the "[[underlined]] B. luteoviridis [[/underlined]]" seen down hill earlier. But I got a particularly good look at the birds here this time. And I am almost certain that they are [[underlined]] Hemispingus, [[double-underlined]] not [[/double-underlined]] Basileuterus. Hemispingus [[/underlined]] shape and bill. Also with flock is at least 1 [[underlined]] H. atropileus [[/underlined]] and 1 [[underlined]] H. [[?]] [[underlined]]. A real [[underlined]] Hemispingus [[/underlined]] flock! All the birds ranging 1 - 6ft up in scrub. Usually low. Quiet coherent. [[underlined]] Also quiet, [[/underlined]] uttering only "CN"s - until they see me - when the "[[underlined]] luteovirdis [[/underlined]] " types begin to "mob". When flock appears, I also hear Firebelly(ies) nearby. Can't tell if it (or they) really associated with flock or not. The [[underlined]] atropileus [[/underlined]] and/or Firebelly (ies) [[underlined]] probably [[/underlined]] in lead. A single White-throated Hummingbird (identification definite) "visit" flock. Feeds on tubular red flowers. [[underlined]] Same [[/underlined]] species favored by Albis! But (this time) hummingbird sticks bill up center of flower. Definitely does [[underlined]] not [[underlined]] use Diglossa holes! Hummingbird disappears almost immediately. A second later, ^[[female symbol]] Albi shows up! also feeds tubular red flowers - in usual Diglossa style. This ^[[female symbol]] Albi "escorts" flock for some minutes at least. Silent throughout. While flock is around, I also can hear White-spectacled White