Dolphins, Dolphins, Dolphins! We all swam with dolphins today. We started, as is usual, with data collection in the morning. It was a different day with bouts of activity in between bouts of no activity. Each morning is …
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No Sunscreen Needed Today!
While the sun was shining this morning and during the day, we spent a good chunk of the day in the classroom learning about physiology, operant conditioning, and sea turtles. It was lovely not to have to …
Explored a New Key – Maya Key!
Our day was packed! We began with data collection, as you can see Natalie and Adilia doing in the cover image. Each day the note taking gets a bit more routine. While waiting for the water taxi, Amelia, Lauren, Halle, & Ember tested out the ‘big chair’! And after breakfast, we …
First Day of Data Collection
This morning was our first early morning data collection session of surface observations while Kathleen was recording underwater video of the dolphins. It went well and we spent about 45 min asking questions and discussing methods for data collection and research questions before breakfast. We also had an introduction to DCP and to DCP’s research at RIMS, as well as an introduction to …
Delightful Dolphin Day!
A very early travel day brought our CSU team to Roatan in the early afternoon. Everyone got settled in followed by an orientation and then a visit to Bailey’s Key to meet the dolphins. After a yummy supper, we watched some of the video Kathleen recorded this morning and …
Travel to Roatan
As travel days go, ours was quite pleasant! About a 1.5 hour drive to Miami, followed by about a 2 hour flight from Miami to Roatan. The only lengthy portion of our travel day was the 47+ min wait in the TSA line. After a bit of time in Roatan immigration, we met Alexza and Greg for our …
Improving Underwater Visibility
I actually could see the dolphins underwater this morning when they played with each other … and when they tried to entice me to play, as you can see with Ronnie here. He pulled a piece of sargasso seaweed from the fence line and tried to get me to take it and play a game of fetch with it! But … I was observing and being as non-invasive as possible. This meant I could not play a game of seaweed with Ronnie.
Happy Birthday to Ike and Bailey!
Our visibility increased for a good 30-minute session this morning. Bailey was one of the first dolphins we saw, and she turned 17 today! We all told her Happy Birthday. There was much splashing at the surface, especially from Tank, Lenca, and Ronnie. …
Mac is Back!!
Our day began with the worst underwater visibility I have ever experienced. The featured photo is Ronnie and Lenca … their heads are within a few inches of me and I could not see their flukes! I was only in the water for about 3 minutes. I truly hope the visibility improves tomorrow.
The angst of two …
A Deluge of Rain!!
The morning, afternoon, and early evening brought … RAIN! I was able to get in at Bailey’s Key for just under 7 minutes. The rain started just after I entered the water and then became an onslaught. Bill and Ron said it felt like hail. You can see Ronnie in this image just as the rain got heavy …
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