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Definitely alone

10:46 a m. Walking back down road.  See pair Whitestarts [[^2 checkmarks]] feeding   6 - 12 ft up in scrub. Quiet. Definitely alone.
   
[[margin]] flock 14  17 inds  5 spp [[/margin]]

A few minutes later, see a very diffuse but probably highly organized flock moving thru trees, 15 - 20 ft up, on both sides road.  Group includes 2 [[^2 checkmarks]] Yellowbellies, 1 [[underlined]] Th. cyanocephala,[[^ encircled 2]] [[/underlined]] 2 [[^ 2 check marks]] or 3 [[^3 encircled]]  nondescript flycatchers (probably all same species), 1 [[^ 1 check mark]]or 2 of the [[^4 encircled]] usual gray capped vireos, 1 of the [[^ 5 encircled]] manakin-like birds.  All birds quiet.  Leadership apparently changing. [[underlined]] cyanocephala [[/underlined]] j [[arrow pointing right]] Yellowbelly.  Yellowbelly j[[arrow pointing right]] [[underlined]] cyanocephala [[/underlined]].

[[margin in red]] Pect [[/margin]]

10:59. See single [[underlined]]Agriornis [[/underlined]](robin-like species) alone.

Leaving 11:02 a m.

Just as I go, see another single [[^checkmark]] Pect silent and alone.

COMMENTS:

The area worked today was [[underlined]] just [[/underlined]] at the edge of  cultivated areas (small farms, pastures, a few small and not-very-successful looking Eucalyptus plantations).  I.E. as near to the arid temperate zone as it is possible to get, without abandoning natural vegetation completely.  Thus, the mixed flocks seen today were particularly significant.  I saw [[underlined]] relatively [[/underlined]] more single birds and pairs alone today than on previous days in other parts of this area; but mixed flocks [[underlined]] certainly [[/underlined]] were at least moderately [[underlined]] common [[/underlined]] today.  This is conclusive!!!

(Incidentally, I made another check of the vegetation surrounding this area on my way home today.  Observations of the few "natural" trees and scrub patches left between Carpish and the