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[[circled]] 23 [[/circled]] if anything more appears in the "good" vegetation Birds in general very quiet now, except for a single Scan who is still in full display. Nothing! Starting back down hill 9:07 am. [[margin in red]] Brun [[/margin]]] 9:24. See single juv Brun. Silent & Alone. Undoubtedly same ind seen with flock earlier. 10:05. Sun out pretty steadily now. It is getting hot. 10:42. 8325 ft. A single [[checkmark above "single"]] [[underlined]] Th. cyanocephala [[/underlined]] flies by. Silent and alone. Area bamboo scrub. 10:53. Further down road. See group 3 [[3 checkmarks above "3"]] [[underlined]] Thlypopsis [[/underlined]] low in bamboo scrub. Apparently same species seen here before. Apparently alone. Reach edge ruins 11:00 am. This afternoon, going to site where largest mixed flocks were seen a couple of years ago (near ruins which are called, I gather, Huina-huayna). Reach area above ruins of Machu Picchu itself 2:00 pm. Partly cloudy. Warm. No wind. Everything quiet. [[margin in red]] Bari? [[/margin]] 2:12 pm. 8125 ft. Hear lots of flycatcher and Bari type R's., but can't see who is uttering them. SEE ALSO TODAY'S NOTES ON MIXED DIGLOSSINI. 3:08 8575 ft. See single Sooty Thrush alone in second growth scrub. 2 ft up. Silent. NOTE: This whole path has been cleared since I was here last. 3:22. Finally reach crest of ridge. 8800 ft according to my altimeter now.