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[[start page]] [[encircled]] 19 [[/encircled]] Southern Peru May 31, 1966 Machu Picchu Arrive hotel late afternoon. Find that my room is ca. 7800 ft according to my altimeter now. Then go for a walk around ruins. 5:15 pm 7295 ft. Hear what sounds like {{Thalass?]] Song in sparse AS down hill. [[left margin, red]] Thalass [[/left margin]] Twitter along path, see two Orange-billed Saltators alone This is all for today. June 1, 1966 Machu Picchu Going up path toward top of mountain. Start out from hotel 5:15 a.m. Still dark. Quite a lot of fog around. But fog starts to lift almost immediately. 5:35am. Hear first bird Songs. Andean Sparrows Just as it is starting to get light. Ca. 8100 ft. Soon followed by other bird sounds - unidentified. But Dawn Chorus is not very loud or varied. Presumably most species are not at the height of the breeding season. Lots of wren Songs. House Wren? First [[Diglonine?]] type Twitters heard, in distance, 8200 ft, ca. 5:48am Some more bird sound by 6:00am. Including a lot of [[end page]]
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