Stephanie Letourneau, one of DCP’ DRTs (i.e., a student in the Dolphin Research Trainee 2010 class), has started a blog all about her experiences in the class as she prepares for her field trip to Bimini,
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Psst – do you speak Russian?
Hey – do you speak Russian? Would you like to see our "What is DCP" page translated into Russian?
EZ DIVE magazine
The "1st Bilingual Diving Magazine", EZ DIVE, featured Bimini, The Bahamas in their Oct/Nov 2009 issue. The author’s underwater photographs were taken during boat trips with local operator Al Sweeting, Jr.
You can read the story (and the DCP shout out!) by clicking here.
Spotted, bottlenose and a shark – oh, my!
Today’s winter dolphin trip was spectacular. Nowdla Keefe had small group of passengers and everyone was thrilled that the sun was shining and the seas were calm. On the way out of the harbor we passed a shark, but our thoughts were on dolphins. We were busy early as a small group of bottlenose dolphins appeared to be feeding. They had no interest in the boat, so after everyone got a good look (and I got some ID shots) we headed in search of spotteds.
Introducing….SPEEDY!
One of our favorite Bimini dolphins (oh, wait, aren’t they all our favorites!?) has just received a name! ID#078, now called “Speedy,” was named by Jenni MacArthur for Mark Tse. Speedy is a juvenile male who is just that.
The Dolphin Gazette – First Issue of 2010!
Our latest Gazette is hot off the press! This issue of the Gazette focuses mostly on Bimini – the studies, the people and, of course, the dolphins.
Help DCP to land a grant!
Help DCP to land a grant! We’ve put in a grant proposal that you can checkout online at this link: http://tinyurl.com/yjmrzfr
Anyone can leave a comment about our grant idea, and the granting agency (The MacArthur Foundation) will be keeping tabs to see which proposals generate the most buzz. If there any any fans of DC…P out there who would like to help, please feel free to leave feedback about how totally awesome our grant idea is. Which it is of course.
Departure Day
I am writing this just before I pull the zippers closed for my trek to the airport and then my travel home. It is another beautiful day with minimal clouds in the sky. If I could bottle the warmth and climate and bring it back with me to Connecticut, I would indeed.
We had a very successful field season with 11 hours of data recorded with the MVA.
Last Session for this Field Season
We were up and out and then in early on Friday, as is usual. I was in the water by 6:40 am but the visibility was not cooperating – very silty and so the distance was only about 4 meters for me to see or confirm there was a dolphin in view. They had to be within 2-3 m for me to identify them! But, a few of the dolphins were socially active and we recorded some neat sounds – whistles and click trains.
A short session – really low visibility and agitated dolphins
A cloudless day greeted us Friday as we took the taxi boat to Bailey’s Key. We were set for another hour session, but the dolphins had other plans. They were into their own social games with the males chasing each other around. There was lots of leaping above the surface and buzzes heard below. French, Ken and Ronnie were all quite pushy and mouthy on my fins.