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oon was really quite thick and varied. Similar scrub certainly would have been inhabited by many more birds (at least more visible birds) in [[underline]] both [[/underline]] the Northern Andes and Ecuador. (There would have been more flocks, or at least more casual encounters between species, in the North and Center too!)

As the birds of the 2 sides of the mountain here seem to differ considerably in behavior, it might be worth stressing that the scrub areas and forests of the 2 sides are hardly in contact. Largely separated, at higher elevations, by rocky and other relatively bare areas. 

June 3, 1966
Machu Picchu

This morning, I will work in same place as yesterday morning. Arrive crest of ridge 5:32 a.m. Just starting to get light. Quite clear (no fog!). Cool. Slight wind. Everything quiet

[[margin in red]] Cy [[/margin]] 
6:16 am. Lee group 4 [[four checkmarks]] Forebellies and 1 Cy in some trees with  lavender flowers where Forebelly-Ag-BCBT group was seen yesterday. All birds close together. Feeding vigorously.  Cy sings from time to time. NODWA.
[[margin in red]] Cy [[/margin]] 

[[margin in red]] Cy [[/margin]] 
6:24, A few yards down road. Lee mele Ag (possibly same individual), 12 ft up in tree, Singing NODWA. Definitely alone (now).

6:40. Going quite far down path. Almost no birds visible or audible. Clear, cold weather certainly does not seem to encourage the formation of conspicuous flocks!