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[[margin in red]] Myst [[/margin]]
Myst seem to ignore one another.

Then the Myst disappears from view.

Leave myself 9:45 am.

Going to same place this afternoon as yesterday afternoon. Arrive 4:35. Overcast but no rain.

Carbos, Orange-bills, and Red caps all here.

[[margin in red]] Carbo [[/margin]]
One Carbo makes flycatching flight. Then feeds in scrub 2 - 6 ft above ground. Pierces small tubular purple flowers. Also apparently searches for insects.

There is also at least one [[?]] or [[female symbol]] [[underlined ]] Thraupis bonariensis [[/underlined]] around here.

Carbos have uttered CN's but no song.

The Thrush around here is the brown species.

[[margin in red]] Carbo [[/margin]]
Carbo piercing large tubular pink flowers 10 - 20 ft above ground Then goes considerably higher in eucalypt. But I have never yet seen one feeding on eucalyptus flowers here.

[[margin in red]] Carbo [[/margin]]
I am surprised not to have seen CC's around here. Is it because there are too many small trees in the neighborhood? Or do Carbos attack CC's and drive them out???

Get a good front view of a "Red-cap". This bird is like the one seen yesterday, except that it has little or no reddish on flanks (which are gray) Lots of red on breast however.

[[margin in red]] Carbo [[/margin]]
One Carbo chasing another in flight Silent Followedby a [[underlined with squiggly line]] "zreeee [[/underlined]]-za-za-za" pattern by one bird.

Immediately after, I see one Carbo supplant another. Probably the same two birds. 

Territorial defense is certainly being maintained now