Heene, H. 1997 June 9 (continued) as if nestlings or fledglings sitting on a leafless branch protruding vertically ~2m above surrounding vegetation against a black starry sky. They were huddled in a line, two facing each way w/ heads over the branch, so we could only clearly count them by the four clearly divergent short tails, two angled out to each side. They looked very lonely vulnerable, almost desperate - safe from climbing snakes or ly because of the extreme dryness which has snakes lurked down (Nikolai found two Bungarus multicinctus last night, one under a rock and one buried in leaf litter, such that he glimpsed only a tiny patch of pattern). At first the little clump of birds looked odd and unrecognizable, perhaps a strange inflorescence. Also as we readied for last night's walk, well before dark several raindrops landed but no downpour. At ~1900hr Kelly catches an Anolops richettii under the same boulder in Stream #2 as the earlier two, and suddenly about ten seconds of rain falls, just enough that I