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65 Mixed Diglossini I. April 20, 1965 University, Bogotá Arrive in front Rectory 5:23 am. Still dark now (today is cloudy). Fairly warm. Not much wind. [[left margin]] Humer? [[/left margin]] Bird noises starting 5:27 am. Hear first Diglossa-like Twitters 5:29. With sub-terminal (or terminal?) R's. Birds flying around a few minutes later, but still too dark to identify them. 5:31. Diglossas chasing one another in Abutilon. Silent. Then fly off. [[left margin]] Scan [[/left margin]] 5:33. First coruscans in Abutilon. All Diglossa-like songs stopped 5:35. Then hear R-Zaza patterns. [[left margin]] Scan [[/left margin]] 5:41 There now are several coruscans feeding and flying in and around Abutilons. Quite noisy. Some disputing among themselves. [[left margin]] Humer XCC? Scan Bari? Humer [[/left margin]] 5:44. Humer and what looks like XCC (!!!) feeding simultaneously in Abutilon ("Abu"). No obvious hostility between them. Only a few feet apart. Silent. Humer flies away "XCC"-type disappears. A second later, there is a coruscans and what may be Bari in same tree. Then another Humer comes in. Both other birds leave. Then Humer leaves. [[left margin]] Humer [[/left margin]] Humer is shuttling back and forth between different Abus. [[left margin]] Humer [[/left margin]] 5:46 Humer perches exposed top Abu, 10 ft above ground.
Transcription Notes:
Abutilon is a large genus of flowering plants.
Cannot verify coruscans as name
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Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans???