Black Tufted-eared Marmoset photo

Hi Douglas,

I'm posting this to thank you so very much for sharing your photo of the Black Tufted-eared Marmoset or as they are commonly known here the 'sagui de tufo preto'. Your photo reminded me of the period in which I lived in Belo Horizonte (Xangri-la) out by the zoo. It was a neighborhood still being developed and because of the abundance of surrounding vegetation there was a great deal of wildlife. I remember quite well sitting on the balcony off my bedroom in the mornings and watching the Toucans flitting from tree to tree nearby.

The marmosets, which most of the locals mistakenly refer to micos, were everywhere. They are extremely sociable animals and at least the ones that lived in the areas surrounding my house weren't the least bit intimidated by humans sharing 'their' territory. Quite to the contrary, with a little patience and by making no movements that would threaten them in any way they ended up taking offerings of small fruits right out of your hand.

Like most expats here I know precious little about the Brazilian birds and animals. With your expertise I was wondering if you could create a few postings to teach us all a little about the tremendous variety of wildlife that surrounds us here. I know I would love to know more and I'm sure that others would too.

By the way, if you have your photos on Photobucket or some other similar site it's rather easy to link them into the topic posting and have them show up in the posting itself. I can explain how if you want to try it out. It comes out looking like this photo.... this one is the Reebok Shoemobile





Cheers,
William James Woodward - Brazil Animator, Expat-blog Team