Low underwater visibility meant one session No such thing as a Sunday in the field! We recorded 56 min of video and sounds this morning and watched the dolphins whistle lots (okay we listened to the whistles but watched the bubble streams).
Video analyses began in the afternoon with 14 min of video processed. This means that we identified the individual dolphins in view of the camera. It took about 2.5 hours to do this.
Finally the dolphins mostly ignore Kathleen. After about two minutes into the first entry today, the dolphins remembered that Kathleen with her green MVA3 was no fun. She would not interact with them! Our goal was mostly achieved with the dolphins not paying the camera or Kathleen much attention. Well, almost ... Maury & Ronnie would periodically watch Kathleen from about 1 m behind her.
There was much play behavior - JAWing, whistling, echolocation chases and rubbing behavior - among the young dolphins today.
For 1.5 hours of observation, ~1.4 hrs of data. We were in the water for 1 hour this morning with Kathleen recording. It was hard to get out and I almost lost track of time. Robin was making surface observations from the 10 m platform and documenting where the dolphins were in relation to the MVA3 & Kathleen. The dolphins were VERY curious about the MVA3 and Kathleen. But, she ignored them ... even when two of the younger dolphins decided to first hit the right hydrophone with her rostrrum and then to kick it with his tail.