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We both woke before our alarms and were treated to a moon view that was spectacular! This morning was our last day of data collection, and the sea surface was ...
Our early morning data collection session was a go! Manon collected the dolphin video data and had a silty 4 m underwater visibility. She entered a bit earlier to avoid the glare from direct sunlight. Kami and Elli played with seagrass. Gizmo and Kami played together. And all mom/calf pairs exchanged ...
ometime before sunrise, likely between 2 and 4 AM, it poured buckets. Or maybe it rained “cats & dogs”! We woke to find a muddy slurry for the water near our room and porch. Still, we gave it the college try and took the water taxi to Bailey’s Key at 6:30 AM. And …
The day began dry with very few clouds! We headed to Bailey’s Key a bit later than last week. The water was a bit dark and silty. Before getting in to collect data, Manon set up the surface GoPro to film the rub-rope in section C3 near Platform 2. You can see ...
Today was CSU’s departure but because we (Kathleen and Manon) have a few more days at AKR, we were able to get another data collection session in. It was a day of dolphin zoomies! Everyone was full of energy and zooming around the main lagoon, as evidenced in ...
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