My First Day on BCI  Today was my first day on Barro Colorado
Island. The scenery is very pretty. The vegetation is abundant.
The day started hot and humid, the way it often is in a
rainforest. But the real heat came at noon time with a heat that
enveloped me, and a hot breeze. For this reason, there is a big
contrast between the day time and the night time in the
rainforest. Early in the morning birds can be heard and seen
when they go looking for food. They can be seen very early in
the morning before the weather gets too hot. Also monkeys get
out early in the morning. They can be seen eating fruit on the
trees, jumping from branch to branch, playing, and sometimes,
even fighting for their food. One of the species on Barro
Colorado are the Howler Monkeys. These monkeys are black or dark
brown, they have long, thick, and shiny hair. They live in
communities called troops, and travel together. They can be
heard from far away in the morning and evening. Sometimes they
use this howling to mark their territory: