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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.