Howler Monkeys

As many of you know that follow my photoblog I love to photograph small mammals. The Mantled Howler Monkeys of Costa Rica were no exception. In researching where we were staying I had found that there were many howlers to be found. The first morning I was up bright and early in search of them. About a mile from where we were staying I spotted a group of them crossing high above the road on what looked to be a cable tv line. Later I found out that this is actually nylon webbing put up at frequent road crossings to prevent them from being hit by cars. This turned out to be both a challenging and a great spot to photograph them. They were almost always either backlit or hidden in the trees eating mangoes. They used the telephone lines as a highway and later when we stayed at a hotel in Tamarindo I found that they used the roof tops as a means of travel as well. The mothers with babies were really cute. I must say that they were one of the high lights of our trip. God's love and blessings to all, chris All images created with a handheld Canon 7D and a Tamron 150-600mm lens. Exposures and settings varied. #TeamCanon,