As expected, our day began with a boat ride to Bailey’s Key for dolphin observations and data collection. It was a good session, even though the underwater visibility was still bleh! Manon operated the MVA and … Stan ignored her! Sandy, Gizmo, and Kami thought it was …
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Swimming with Dolphins!
It was data collection as usual including the silty underwater visibility this morning. But we got some good close-up views of Stan and Buzz, and Kami with Poli. Georgie and Trixie made a few passes as did Alita and Gracie, both engaged in pectoral fin contacts. Kathleen also saw …
Georgie and the Bats!
All of us spent a good chunk of the day in the water. Our morning data collection included a sequence with Georgie, Kami, and Gizmo all about Poli and focused on the MVA and Kathleen’s mask. Kami seems to like to target on our masks while Gizmo pulls at …
Awesome Underwater Visibility!!
This morning’s session presented exceptionally great underwater visibility with views of the dolphins at 10 meters plus away from Kathleen and the MVA, as depicted by Ronnie in the feature photo. This vis meant …
Dolphins, Data, Dives
Buzz tried grab Manon’s phone! Not sure who he wanted to call but Manon’s grasp was better than his aim! You can see him in the featured photo just after he missed her phone. Our first session for data collection was this morning and…
Prepare, Pack, Scramble?
In Florida, as we pack the last few items into our bags for travel to Roatan, it is thundery and beginning to rain. This is GOOD since we’ve been very, very dry … think “crunchy” grass but not from ice and snow. From not enough water. But I digress. We are wrapping up details for our next two programs to…
Last Data Collection – a 2-week Summary
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 …
Yay Visibility … Sort of!
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 …
CSU Departure Day!
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 …
Final Day of Fun!
Our last full day began much as the others with a morning dolphin data collection and observations. The morning was active with the dolphins – LOTS of leaping and vocalizations and playful activity (feature photo). It made for lots of notes and about 33 minutes of video data with the MVA, two GoPros (front and back), the surface observation stationary GoPro, and the drone. We had a few questions about the data session before returning to …
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