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 …
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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 …
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…
October 2024’s Last AM Observation Session!
Our day dawned with a slight orange hue to the sky … the wind was still up and the current stronger with less underwater visibility. Still, my team was ready and …
More Wind, but More Dolphins, too!
The morning dawned cloudy with a stiff breeze and a bit of a current in the water. But visibility was ok and I was able to collect a 30 min session of video data. I earned my breakfast with the current strength. There was lots of play – Gizmo with …
Windy Day followed by Fiesta Night!!
The day dawned windy with rain. No AM underwater data collection but lots of surface dolphin observations today. The guys did a second day of dives on the south side of Roatan. The day was …
Wind! Some Current and better Underwater Visibility!
We woke before sunrise to the sound of rain, leading us to believe the underwater visibility might have deteriorated. But, the west side of Anthony’s Key looked good. The rain had …
Tug-o-war??
This morning saw an early data collection session so Don and Will could do the early morning wreck dive. The underwater visibility was a bit better than …
Great Object Play Behavior, Poor Underwater Vis
Our first session for observations and video collection went well overall, even though the underwater visibility was poor – 3 m at most and silty. Still, the dolphins …
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