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A vega is quite different. It is real forest. But low. (Probably I underestimated its height last June. The "canopy" may average ca. 30 ft above ground. With some trees emerging to perhaps 40 ft. Very dense. Lots of vines and tangles and all sorts of understory vegetation.) When I visited the vegas last June, they were intersected by a great variety of small bodies of water, lagoons, channels, streams, etc. Some bodies of water quite deep. Perhaps up to 6 ft or more. Some vegetation growing out of water itself. Land between bodies of water ranging from a few inches to a few feet above water level. At this time, in June, the vegas certainly could be called "swamp forest." Today, to my surprise, their aspect was rather different. Still very moist, but many of the old lagoons and channels were almost or completely drained. Leaving no more than wet muddy bottoms. In this condition, the vegas do not appear to be awfully different from ordinary young second growth woods. 

Presumably a good deal of the water in vegas is stagnant. Sort of deep brown in color. 

COMMENT: I certainly get the impression that it is not the breeding season now for most of the species of monkeys that are seasonal breeders, Viz Pithecia, Callicebus, Saguinus. Perhaps last June was toward the end of the breeding season for some species??? And perhaps most seasonal species breed in the dry season (January - February) and/or at the beginning of the succeeding wet season? 

Starting out again in main patch forest 2:15pm.