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[[circled]]30[[/circled]] down the other side of the moutain. This afternoon, going to work along lower border ruins of Machu Picchu itself (the area where I watched [[male symbol] Bari a couple of years ago). Arrive 3:00 pm. Clear. Hot. This area is in shadow now. 7800 ft. according to my altimeter now. Everything very quiet. Just a few hummingbird noises. [[margin in red]] Bari [[/margin]] 4:00 pm Absolutely nothing (except a few small humming birds) has been visible so far. Do Baris move with the seasons? In any case, I am going to look for other areas myself. Reach beginning of path to what I called "Huarna Picchu" a couple of years ago (according to sign now it is "Yua Picchu" 7925 ft, 4:15 pm. Going to walk down path a little. [[margin in red]] Thalass [[/margin]] Lots of Thalass's and little or nothing else. 4:55. See a single Sooty Thrush fly by. then see a single Synallaxis type (gray body, rufous wings, cam, and tail) alone. In bamboo scrub. Leaving 5: pm. [[margin in red]] CC [[/margin]] 5:15. Right beside hotel. See group ^[3 black checks above] 3 - 4 CC's (definite) moving thru low scrub. Noisy. Lots of "PN"s (i.e. "Seeeeeet" Notes) But apparently alone. COMMENTS: Of course, I have had plenty of time to think this afternoon. And I believe that I can now explain [[underline]]all[[/underline] the variations within the "gregarious tanager association"[[underline]]in detail[[/underline]]. Gregariousness certainly [[underline]] is [[/underline]] positively correlated with relative extent of "humid temperate-humid subtropical frontie[[?]]