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Mixed Diglossini, Apr. 17, 1965, III  

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The different Lafs are seldom overlapping one another now. 

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6:28. Single ✓✓ PL  Atlapetes hops by. Thru burnt scrub. 1-2 ft above ground. Uttering "Seeeet" Notes. Definitely alone.

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6:32. See single Laf ✓✓. Feeding low in burnt scrub. Apparently looking for insects. Silent and definitely alone.

There are still a few tubular red flowers around here now. More than where I have been working on Guadelupe (where there are very few indeed now)

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See single PL ✓✓ (definitely identified) perched exposed top bush, 6 ft above ground, uttering Whistle Songs "Feeooo foooo fooo  Looking around from side to side at the time. Definitely alone.

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See a single Firebelly ✓✓ fly by alone.

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Aha! See one LAf fly into base unburned bush. A minute or so later, another Laf ✓✓ (both identified definitely) flies into upper part of same bush. Fight develops. Lot of chasing. With lots of Song. Some of the Song quite "typical", i.e. comparatively slow. Other phrases much accelerated. These may become almost Twitter-like, but still easily distinguishable from Twitters other species. Then one of the birds flies away 6:37. It is nice to know that the Lafs are defending territories against other individuals of their own species.

Several of the large sooty gray thrushes fly by. Definitely alone 

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6:47. Hear what sounds like Cy or Coer in distance. A little below where I have been watching the Laf.

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6:55. Flush a pair of Firebellies ✓✓ from a patch of unburned scrub along Road. Fly away uttering "Seeet" Notes. Nothing follows them. But they certainly leave some birds behind them in the bush they

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Deleted formatting details (e.g., indents, underlining) per transcription instructions Atlapetes, not Altapetes