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DCP 2002 Field Season at Mikura Island, Japan |
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Monday, 24 June 2002 17:00 |
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I am including some details of our field season at Mikura Island studing the bottlenose dolphins and their use of sounds and behaviors to communicate. Our season was VERY successful. |
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Rain cancels Iruka Festival. |
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Written by The Dolphin Communication Project
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Saturday, 22 June 2002 17:00 |
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The dolphin festival was canceled till next week. I won't be here but I know everyone will have fun. They'll clean up the beach and then go dolphin watching. |
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Wednesday, 19 June 2002 17:00 |
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... curry lunch. The children had helped fix the rice and vegetables for our lunch. It was fun to share it with them. |
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Tuesday, 18 June 2002 17:00 |
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... as Kogi & Hasegawa gather data with the theodolite from above the new pier. |
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Monday, 17 June 2002 17:00 |
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Thus, completing the confirmation of dolphin ID's from videotapes was the order of today. And, I finished the ID's from video data gathered this summer. Hurray. |
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The rainy season is definitely here! |
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Written by The Dolphin Communication Project
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Sunday, 16 June 2002 17:00 |
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A bit of rain today, but mostly clouds. The sea is flat, but the guests are not plentiful. Thus, no boat trip. |
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Saturday, 15 June 2002 17:00 |
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The sea was not welcoming so data analyses were the plan for today. And, a half day to just relax and step back from the research. |
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A dramatic sky and sea in shades of silver and charcoal. |
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Friday, 14 June 2002 17:00 |
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A morning boat trip followed by transcribing the data to logs and then more videotape analyses. |
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More video, more dolphin smiles. |
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Written by The Dolphin Communication Project
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Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 |
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Several groups of dolphins all around Mikura Island. Mai-chan and I were on Nobuo's boat with 5 guests. We confirmed ID on at least 35 individual dolphins. |
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Wednesday, 12 June 2002 17:00 |
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We went out this morning on Nobuo-san's boat. We had 8 group sightings, two might have been the same group ... hard to tell with the sea conditions. And, five entries totaling about 20 minutes. |
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Wind, Wind, and more Wind |
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Written by The Dolphin Communication Project
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Tuesday, 11 June 2002 17:00 |
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The typhoon sent mostly wind our way, and will leave some rain after moving off to our north, northeast. |
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Monday, 10 June 2002 17:00 |
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... and confirming dolphin ID's. So far this season we have seen 16 adult females (some with offspring), 7 sub-adult females, 2 each adult and juvenile males, and 32 sub-adult males. |
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Afternoon trip with Masaki, Kogi & Hasegawa. |
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Sunday, 09 June 2002 17:00 |
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We were the only boat out, four researchers in a tiny craft that pitched and rolled in a 0.5 m swell with choppy surface waters. |
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