Blog & Field Reports

Happy Days!

Data collection went very well this morning! Kathleen, Manon and Shane came out onto the dock area once we finished the baseline and before bouts of space use data collection. The underwater session ...

Fin-friggin-tastic!!

Data collection this morning provided LOTS of activity and entertainment! Kathleen let us know the underwater visibility had improved significantly and there was lots of leaping and surface activity. ...

Weary Wednesday

Data collection presented us with really bad underwater visibility this morning. Kathleen did a 30-minute session but only had about half that with dolphins in view. It was also very quiet this morning. ...

New Beginnings

Our morning observations went well – it was a beautiful morning, bright and sunny. After breakfast, we spent time in the classroom for the first part of Shane’s physiology lecture. And, we got a Q&A with ...

Maya’s Monday

Data collection began as usual with a water taxi ride to Bailey’s at 6:15. By 6:40, when Kathleen entered the water, it had begun to drizzle. Within 5-7 minutes, we were in a downpour! Our ...

First Full Day!

We had our first early morning data collection session and also got introduced to dolphins generally and to the RIMS dolphins. Kathleen told us the underwater visibility was ...

Transition Day

CSU group 1 departed this morning (featured photo) and CSU group 2 arrived late this afternoon! It also was a morning of absolutely horrible underwater visibility! Kathleen did not collect underwater video data ...

Our second to last data collection session was active! There was socializing between Buzz, Tank and Rocky and lots of leaps by Maury. Kathleen also saw Poli and Tilly and Sandy and Elli and Gizmo …

Rocky, Sandy, and Rainbows!

Though the underwater visibility was not great today, Kathleen was able to record lots of footage of Sandy and of Rocky … and both dolphins visited the students trying to entice them to play, as you can see here by Sandy! The morning also provided ...

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