Monkey Business

When many people think of Africa, one thing that comes to mind is wild animals. We really don't have many of those where I live, but we do have one kind: monkeys. One morning recently I spotted movement in one of the big trees in my backyard. I realized it was monkeys eating the fruit that the tree produces this time of year--the same fruit that I wrote about kids climbing trees to pick.

I shot some video from my kitchen window looking out at the tree, and then I went outside to be closer. What fun to watch their antics. And a real treat to see a mama with her little one clinging to her belly. After they'd had their fill, they dropped down one by one, scrambled over our fence and scampered off to find their next meal.