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Fog coming down now.

5:32. See group 3 ^[[3 check marks above]] Bl & Or Stipes in bamboo scrub. As usual noisy. "Tsit"s, hoarse "Seeeet"s, 1 R.

5:33. Further along road see group of ^[[2 check marks above]] 2 Basileuterus XLI, and at least 1 [[underlined]] ^[[1 check mark above]] rufinucha [[/underlined]]. All uttering CN's. In thick scrub. [[underlined]] rufinucha [[/underlined]] in lead. Also considerably lower down than warblers All birds silent.

Leaving 5:46 pm.

A few general remarks.

I presume that most of the birds above Unduavi that are not breeding now will start to do so in the more or less near future (probably when the rainy season begins in earnest). Even though some of the species (e.g. the Firebelly) probably were more vocal a couple of weeks ago than they are now, they cannot be coming out of a breeding season rather than going into one. There are no juveniles around.

I think I understand why Buthraupis is not more nuclear. Birds of this species frequently make long flights between trees, and this probably always tends to discourage following.

ADDITION: I have never heard any D'Orbigny's finches, in La Paz or near Unduavi, sing. They obviously are not breeding now.