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Mixed Diglossini, Sept. 2, 1965 VII 115

[[left margin]] Cy LCH [[/left margin]]
Cy and LCH. LCH makes a few "half hearted" swoops at Cy. Cy probably makes a few half hearted dashes at LCH. Both birds silent. LCH files off. Cy remains. Sings. NODWAH.
I am going down hill 8:45am.

[[left margin]] Coer [[/left margin]]
9:33am. Down by road. See 2 Coers together. Presumable same two individuals seen this same general area before. Flying among small trees in very mixed scrub. 5-20 ft up. Picking insects off leaves. Utters lots of "CN"s. Rather metallic "Treet" Notes. But no trace of Song. And definitely alone.

[[left margin]] Glor [[/left margin]]
A few moments later, see single Glor, silent and alone, on the other side of the road.

SEE ALSO TODAY'S NOTES ON GENERAL MIXED FLOCKS
Leaving 10:05am

This afternoon, it has been raining almost steadily in Merida itself. But I took advantage of a period when rain was relatively light, between 5:00 and 5:30pm., to take a look at some of the nectarivorous birds in the garden of the hotel.
The Eucalyptus trees here are in full bloom (as always, I think). The Erythrimas are not in bloom.

[[left margin]] BG Scan [[/left margin]]
The Eucalyptus are full of birds. BG's and Scans. Also at least 2 other species of hummingbirds. Including one "ordinary" green Eriocnemis - or Haplophaedia - type: And another medium sized species (smaller than Scan) which is largely green with rufous tail. (This definitely is not LCH.)

[[left margin]] BG Scan [[/left margin]]
BG and Scan territories are largely or completely overlapping. I have seen both species feeding on exactly the same Eucalyptus flowers. But the two species may have a mutual avoidance mechanism. At least, I have yet to see their close together.

[[left margin]] BG Scan [[/left margin]]
Both BG and Scan territories or ranges seem to overlap those