Though the underwater visibility was less than yesterday, today was a good day! We had a good data collection session … with some very playful dolphins. I would have …
Tag: ecotour
Dolphins, Dolphins, and Fishes
This morning yielded the best underwater visibility yet with dolphins seemingly extra social! They also had no concept of personal space today and regularly mobbed/crowded me while I collected data! Tank, Stan, Buzz, and Rocky were …
Dolphin Morning and Fiesta Night!
Today began another delightful day with underwater observations of the dolphins at Bailey’s Key. And I was joined by almost everyone for the data collection session at 6:15 AM! And it was the …
Weird U/W Visibility in AM and a Night Snorkel/Dive
The morning data collection session had Kathleen in the water by 6:31 AM. And on entry, the underwater visibility was not great (technical term = yucky!). But, I swam about …
DCP’s First Wedding! Congrats Louise & Dick!
Today was jam-packed and included DCP’s first ever wedding on an ecotour! Louise and Dick tied the knot as the sunset over Bailey’s Key. They …
Silent Dolphins, GREAT u/w vis!
The morning was very quiet underwater … it brought to mind Jacques Cousteau’s narrative of a “silent sea”! There were no whistles, clicks or other …
Travel!! Arrival!! First Supper!!
Wow was it a long, but good, day! We all arrived at about noon on 3 different flights. Yes, all 3 flights arrived within 15 min of each other. This meant that our immigration line wait was LOOONNNNGGGGG! But, about 1.5 hours later, the last …
Another DCP Ecotour is about to Begin!
DCP’s 2023 Ecotour to Roatan and Anthony’s Key Resort (AKR) and The Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS) begins on Saturday – woohoo! Actually, Bill got a head start and is flying to Roatan today. The rest of us (11 in total) travel on …
Session Summary!
What a Month! We were joined by three different groups for our month-long session to AKR and RIMS this spring. Thank you to the York U group led by Kristin and the CSU study abroad students led by Shane, as well as Bill and Savanna in our last week – all for joining us! Thank you to the dolphins (especially Gracie, pictured here) for…
Last Full Day – Delightful Dolphins!
Friday was our last full day of data collection, with session #50 completed for 2023. It was a very dolphin social session with relatively icky underwater visibility. The dolphins were very playful, from above water observations. Alita played everywhere with every conceivable object available – sea grass, seaweed, mangrove pods, Buzz, etc. There was lots of…