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[[right justified]] [[/circled]] 32 [[/circled]] [[/justified]] Cloudy. There was occasional rain on trip out. Rain starts again almost immediately. Quite hard. Miscellaneous bird sounds have began by 6:00 a.m. But it is still too dark to see, and rain is getting heavier! Vegetation here is rather lush but mixed USTF and second growth. Most of the bird sounds ca 6:15 are Andean Sparrows, wrens (there is a small pasture and a few shacks not far away), and various species which I do not recognize. I can catch very brief and poor glimpses of a few birds moving very low threw scrub; but most are quite invisible. Going to walk along road 6:30 a.m. [[margin, red]] Pect? [[/margin]] Hear lots of Whitestart-like Songs. All NODWAH. That these stop. Here one long phrase which may be by Pect. Only slightly up hill! Stops. Then Whitestart-like Songs start again. [[margin, red]] Gen [[/margin]] Mutual Song inhibition (still) seems to be operating perfectly! 6:44. See a pair of Whitestarts. Silent. Flycatching 3 – 6 ft up in second growth scrub. Apparently alone. [[margin ]] Flock 9 17 inds [[margin, obscured by following note in red ]] [[??]] [[/margin]] [[margin, red]] Bari? [[/margin]] Rain is decreasing now. Bird sounds increasing. 6:53. Walking up along side path, can hear lots of R's. Either fly catchers and/or Baris. 7:04 a.m. 8550 ft. Region very mixed second growth. Come across definite mixed flock. Includes 2 presumed [[underline]] H. frontalis, [[/underline]] 3 or more Synallaxis. (Latter look rather like All-rufous but are definitely different species. Grayer toward rear below. And have trace of indistinct light superciliary stripe.) All birds ranging 3 – 6 ft up. All very