Today’s post is about some of the newest news from the field. Apart from the excitement to check on the Colombian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri albigena) babies born over the past months; it was also time to check of the yellow fever outbreak we have in Colombia was showing any sign in Zocay Project study area. Colombia is passing through a yellow fever outbreak that had already affected red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) and night monkeys (Aotus spp.) in another region of Colombia. Fortunately for all the monkeys in our study area, none of the monkeys we saw in our fieldwork this month had shown any signs of yellow fever up to now. However, we will continue looking for any signs of monkey’s sickness in our field site and any sites we monitor monkeys in San Martín, Villavicencio and Villanueva.

Colombian squirrel monkeys’ babies continue to grow and some of the older babies are starting to show some independent movements, moving and playing a little bit farther from mom. They are still eating mom’s milk, however, a couple of them seem to start eating some fruits near to their moms. We also saw black-capped capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella) and red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) babies enjoying their playful adventures. Fortunately for all monkeys’ babies, the rainy season has already started, and fruits are all over the forest.

During our visit to San Martin area, this time, a huge storm broke over night and the stream along which the forest growth was flooded, trees were as greener as they become after a heavy rain. A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) and coatis (Nasua nasua) were also roaming around. Coatis also had babies at this time of the year making the forest a nursery.

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