In today’s post we are talking about some news from the field. As every year, at the beginning of the year, Colombian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri albigena) started its birth season and despite our limited budget for this year, we started our counting of Colombian squirrel monkeys. And new babies are born in some of the groups we had been monitoring over the years. It is always exciting when we see Colombian squirrel monkeys at this time of the year, and we notice new babies. For now, some group already had a few babies while other groups did not have births, yet. Hopefully will be able to continue monitoring these groups over the following months to see the progress of those new babies. We also were able to notice some of the babies from last year season made it to their first year that is also great to see as mortalities seems to be high in the first year in some groups.We also continue looking for funding opportunities to continue working with this and other groups of monkeys in all our areas of study. Our efforts are also focused on trying to publish all the information product of our fieldwork and we are happy to share with you that part of our work with Brumback night monkeys (Aotus brumbacki) was published. We describe the diversity of nest site used by this species in areas around San Martín, Acacias, Villavicencio, Cumaral and Restrepo. This was a collaboration with Dr. Martha Ortiz-Moreno from Los Llanos University, a regional university located in Villavicencio. If you want to read this publication please go to https://doi.org/10.47603/mano.v9m2.394

We are finishing two additional publications: another one on Brumback night monkeys and variables affecting their presence and abundance and one on ornate titi monkey (Plecturocebus ornatus) activity patterns and diet in fragmented landscapes. More news on these papers soon…

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