Automobiles, ‘trains’, and planes! (Not quite the movie!) We started the day in the car then to the monorail train between the car rental return and the airport. Then we waited and waited …
Tag: RIMS
Is it really almost 2024?!
Time for DCP to return to Roatan, Anthony’s Key Resort (AKR), the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS) for our 21st year of research … observing and recording the behavior and vocalizations of the dolphins who call RIMS home! And to Celebrate the New Year with Sandy and the other dolphins (and people) at RIMS.
Friday the 13th! Happy B-day Bailey!
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 …
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 …
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 …
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…