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Mixed Diglossini, Sept 21, 1962, VII 27

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is in any part of the forest. I have come to the conclusion that the diglossini are essentially edge and second-growth and open thicket  birds. Probably what one would expect of birds that depend on flowers in a montane environment

Mixed Diglossini September 22, 1961
Road to La Azulita
Nr. Cuchillo and San Eusebio

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Arrive 6:10 am. Can hear Albis singing nearby. Probably also one Glor. 7600 ft.

[[left margin]] Albi [[/left margin]]
Catch brief glimpses of what appear to be both adult ♂ Albis and Buff-Throats in trees and thickets.

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Presumed Albis still singing quite frequently 6:33 am. Not from very exposed perches. Usually just hidden by a few leaves, while perched near the tops of small trees or bushes. 

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6:45. Watch a single ad ♂ Albi "patrolling" territory. Moving along bushes along stream. Pausing to sing in each bush. Sometimes no more than a foot off ground. Must cover almost 50 yds this way. Songs pure R without prelim notes. In loco and pre-loco postures. Tail not raising visibly during R. 

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These bushes surrounded on all sides but one by bare green fields. I.E. this looks almost like Glor habitat. But at one end the bushes lead to patch of forest. And the Albi goes to the forest eventually. 

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These bushes, by the way, are only a few feet from where I thought I heard a Glor singing earlier. 

7:40. I have now been wandering about all over the place,

Transcription Notes:
Nr. = near