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[[margin in red]] Carbo [[/ margin]]
One Carbo is feeding high in willow, on tubular pink flowers of vine. the other lands right beside. Uttering twitter as it does so. First bird flies off.

[[margin in red]] Carbo [[/ margin]]
Is uttering twitter rather than R-Zaza as "greeting" an indication of activated sexual drive???

The landing bird in the above incident [[underlined]] may[[/underlined]]have had its belly feathers slightly fluffed immediately after landing.

[[margin in red]] CC [[/ margin]]
Then both Carbos disappear. Then can hear one brief slow triplet phrase, apparently by CC, in distance. 5:35 pm. Then see single CC probing [[underlined]] quietly [[/underlined]]for insects in tree almost in middle of [[underlined]]garden [[/underlined]] area! Then it flies to hedge. Probes for insects there. then flies up into willow. Then disappears. Bird quiet throughout. Carbos out of sight and sound throughout.

[[margin in red]] CC  Carbo [[/ margin]]
So it looks as if this particular CC [[underlined]] is[[/underlined]] sharing a large part of the Carbo territory. But it is certainly cautious about it. And it shares the Carbo territory less frequently than the CC's near Quito shared Ater territories.

[[margin in red]] Carbo [[/ margin]]
One Carbo chases another in flight. I thought, in fact, that there might be [[underlined]]3[[/underlined]]Carbos involved in the pursuit. But I couldn't make sure of this. A second later, the [[male symbol]] of the local pair is perched in a tree uttering songs. Surprising! [[underlined]] Apparently essentially identical with slow triplet song of CC![[/underlined]]"Ta-zee ta-zee ta-zee" and "Ta-zee ta-zee ta-zee zruh." One phrase, and one only, begins like this and then continues into a long twitter. Then I see that the [[female symbol]] is collecting [[u.m.?]] on ground about 30 ft from [[male symbol]]. He continues singing low "Ta-zee" song. then [[female symbol]] flies up to hedge, to where I presume is the nest-site [[male symbol]] shuts up, and flies into eucalypt above hedge. Twice, in the next few minutes, he comes to perch near me. Each time utters one brief phrase "Ta-zee"