Hello again! I'm fresh off another 4 days in the field with the monkeys, and I feel I'm starting to get the feel of this job. Here is a description of the exciting bits in a recent field day:
While hanging out with a group of monkeys called "Splinter" in the early morning, Lindsey, Theresa and I spotted a lizard upside down in tree. Lindsey was about to start throwing rocks to determine whether or not it was alive when a tayra showed up! The tayra raced up the tree in which the lizard was lying and stole it. The monkeys spazzed. Predator alarm calls abounded. After the excitement we sat down for breakfast. The monkeys did not. We proceeded to lose them by 6:45.
We searched for a while. First we did a couple trails, then we sat by a favorite river crossing for 2 hours. I ate a delicious field potato and had some field gazpacho (also delicious). Lindsey decided we should check the other side of the river and so we crossed. And found monkeys! Five minutes later the monkeys crossed the river where we had been waiting so I did again as well. Got my feet wet for no reason. Ugh. Aaaaand then 15 minutes later they crossed back. Stupid monkeys.
We got to follow monkeys up an awesome cliff (so much fun!). It was great to literally pull myself up a cliff using vines while avoiding scary ants and thorns. Adventures! We stayed at the top with a fig tree that Splinter was going crazy over. It sounded quite delicious. Capuchins give a little "food peep" when they are snacking on something tasty, and the louder and more frequent those peeps are, the more awesome the food is. Apparently they sound quite obscene during mango season.
All of a sudden we notice ominous rainclouds upriver. We rush down the slope to escape the imminent flood in the river! Very nerve-wracking. We cross and sit by the banks to watch its fury. It proceeded not to flood even the tiniest bit. Anticlimatic.
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