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…
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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…
We Worked Today!
We began the day as you would expect … with dolphins! And underwater data collection was conducted with mostly Champ, Lenca, and Stan in view. There is lots of sargassum coming around the dolphin pools and the reef. We also did lots of trash clean-up. Manon and Savanna had a dolphin encounter with Tank and Elyork – so Savanna met…
In Search of Shane’s Giant Parrotfish!
Today, during morning data collection, Kathleen was greeted by Champ and several other dolphins who were very curious and playful around her fins. We were treated to a mildly humid day that was sunny. There were lots of pec fin slaps at the surface and some leaps and, also, Ronnie did some ventral up swims! Thank you to…
Cool, Overcast Day with Gizmo
We had a thunderstorm last night! It was nature’s light show with a loud orchestra! Our towels survived the night clipped to the line outside. The dawn was not bright because of overcast clouds, which we welcomed since the humidity was lessened and the air not hugely hot! We did not get rained on during data collection and…
Dolphins and Fishes – we all got wet today!
Monday started with a great session and awesome underwater visibility. The dolphins were social and Buzz and Rocky seemed to play keep away with Kathleen and the MVA. They pushed each other away from her fins and swam circles around her. Thank you to six of Teri’s interns (Gillian, Giselle, Jordan, Morgan, Aliya, Izzy) who helped us…
Slow Day in Paradise!
No AM data collection on Sunday morning. We gave the dolphins the morning off and our bodies a well-deserved rest! We took a slow morning and a slow afternoon with the exception of Teri’s interns who had a data collection initiation for space use data. We collected…
Wrapping Up A Great Week!
Return travel went well for everyone and catching up on emails and regular mail and laundry and the like kept at least me busy for a day or two, if not most of us. You can see the delighted smiles on everyone’s face in our last group photo from Saturday that we had a great week of diving, snorkeling, and dolphin research! Even given the …
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. …
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