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[[margin in red]] Carbo [[/margin]]
Then two Carbos land about 5 ft apart in same bush at same time. One utters ^[[squiggle mark below the eee]] "Sreeeeeeeee-za-za-za-za....." on landing. Lots of "Za" notes at end. Presumably an indication of twitter, but they do not sound very fluctuating.

I have heard several similar performances here before, without actually seeing the vocalizers. Perhaps R's followed by many "Za" notes are characteristic of this population.

One Carbo flycatching repeatedly.

[[margin in red]] Carbo [[/margin]]
One Carbo utters song phrases while apparently feeding in tree. Each phrase starts out with one or 2 distinct doublets "Ta-zee", then "degenerates" into formless twitter. All phrases brief.

I think there are at least 3 Carbos here.

[[margin in red]] Carbo [[/margin]]
All Carbos here seem to range from low scrub only a foot above ground into a variety of trees at least 30 ft above ground. One individual certainly spends more time in low scrub than in trees; but I am not sure that this is true of the others.

One Carbo chases another bird which [[underlined]]may[[/underlined]] have been a CC.

Leaving 6:00 pm.

Two morning's observations near Unduavi would suggest the following:

I. Mixed flocks are remarkably rare here. Less common, less varied, and less cohesive than many flocks seen in Colombia and Venezuela. Particularly remarkable because it is the ^[[red x above]] non-breeding season here, while the flocks in the northern Andes were observed in the breeding season (more or less)

This difference may be exaggerated, however, by altitudinal factors. I have worked only at very high altitudes here.