Monday is Maya Key Day! And, also Memorial Day in the US. That said, each day of our field course begins with dolphin observations and data collection. This morning was a calf show with Kami speed swimming through the main lagoon with various other dolphins…
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Snorkeling, Swimming, and Some Dolphins
Our first morning collecting dolphin surface observations while Kathleen collected underwater video went well. Prior to collecting data, Kathleen, Shane, and Manon introduced us to dolphin anatomy and the habitat. The dolphins were VERY active according to Manon and Kathleen and…
Welcome CSU! Safe travels York!
Today was a DCP first! Two groups of field course students overlapping in their time at AKR and RIMS with Kathleen and Manon. The York group is departing on Sunday morning and the CSU students arrived this afternoon (Saturday) – first time ever the CSU group was early in getting to Roatan!
Data collection this morning…
Wind, Clouds, Current!!
Our last early AM data collection session was cancelled – thank Mother Nature! We had rolling breaking waves over the reef and horrible visibility! And, to add to that, a wickedly strong current – even the taxi boat …
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 …
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