Four Cotton-top Tamarins on the Piedmont

Not long ago, José Marín had spotted just one among the trees of the piedmont sector — a single tití cabeciblanco, still, with no apparent company. It was the kind of sighting that leaves more questions than answers. But on the morning of April 21st, that same trail offered him something different: movement in the branches, small voices, and at least four individuals moving together. A male, a female, and a restlessness in the canopy that hinted at the rest of the group. The tití cabeciblanco (Saguinus oedipus) is a critically endangered species, endemic to northern Colombia. To see them as a family, on the piedmont of the reserve, is a sign that something is working well in this corner of forest. José managed to capture the moment on video — those small white-headed, cinnamon-bodied creatures moving through the branches, indifferent to the lens, busy simply being what they are.