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Mixed Diglossini, Mar. 8, 1966, IV    [[circled]] 16 [[/circled]]

[[underlined]] noisy aerial dispute involving 4 individual Cinns![[/underlined]]
Everything very quiet now 6:58.

[[margin]] Cinn Ater [[/margin]] 
[[underlined]] Probably the populations of both Cinn and Ater are large here. But the Ater certainly are skulking [[/underlined]]

[[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] 
See another single Cinn. Silent and alone.

[[margin]] Scan? [[/margin]] 
7:02. Both Atlapetes and hummingbird with Scan-like Song are Singing again. Completely overlapping. Hummingbird shuts up.  Atlapetes continues. NODWA.

[[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] 
Still another single Cinn. Silent and alone. And then another flies by. Vocalizing.

7:07 One Atlapetes still Singing. NODWA. Shuts up.

[[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] 
Still another noisy aerial dispute among Cinns.

[[margin]] Ater? [[/margin]] 
7:12. A few more Diglossini Twitters. NODWA. 
Sun beginning to reach this area 7:15 am.

[[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] 
Walking along road, see another single Cinn silent and alone. Also hear more Scan-like Song. NODWA

[[margin]] CC [[/margin]] 
7:25. Further down road, hear what sounds like CC Twitter NODWA (or hummingbird — "NODWAH")

[[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]]
7:30. Walking along ride path, see another single Cinn silent and alone

[[margin]] Ater? [[/margin]] 
Then hear more Ater-like Twitters. NODWAH. Shuts up.

[[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] 
Then see another dispute among Cinns.

[[margin]] Ater [[/margin]] 
7:35. See single Ater feeding small purple flowers. 8 ft up top bush. Exposed. Silent and alone. Then 2 Cinns fly by, engaged
[[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] 
in aerial dispute. [[underlined]] Apparently they ignore, and are ignored by, the Ater! [[/underlined]] Then one of the Cinns returns. Sits on perch only 4-6 ft from feeding Ater. No obvious reaction between the 2 birds. Eventually the Ater flies away. Cinn flies at almost same time. Also flies


[[Margin]] Cinn [[/Margin]]