As expected, our day began with a boat ride to Bailey’s Key for dolphin observations and data collection. It was a good session, even though the underwater visibility was still bleh! Manon operated the MVA and … Stan ignored her! Sandy, Gizmo, and Kami thought it was …
Tag: Roatan
Dolphins, Data, Dives
Buzz tried grab Manon’s phone! Not sure who he wanted to call but Manon’s grasp was better than his aim! You can see him in the featured photo just after he missed her phone. Our first session for data collection was this morning and…
We’re here! Getting Settled
All of us but Bill met in the Miami airport … and experienced our delayed flight! Only 1.5 hours so that was not bad. It was a smooth flight with clear skies, and we had a good view of Bailey’s and Anthony’s Keys from the plane…
Travel, Arrival!
It was a relatively smooth day for four of us. Don, Bill, Will arrived from Houston and I arrived from Miami. Roatan was sunny and warm! The immigration line …
Travel and Shift Day!
Our CSU student group left this morning to return home and our St. Mary’s student group arrived on a few different flights and one ferry. Everyone was a tad bit travel …
Sea Angels 13
Our trek to Bailey’s key was smooth with a calm sea and an excellent ride from Captain Joel. The three cats greeted us as did a large sting ray (which was outside the main lagoon and not harassed by the dolphins!). Data collection was a success, despite …
Final Prep/Pack Day for DCP’s June 2024 Field Courses!
Our bags are packed and we’re ready to go! (Although, we won’t break out in song! 😉) Manon arrived to Florida late on Tuesday. John double checked the drones with a test flight on Wednesday. We met with the first group, CSU, of students on Wednesday virtually. And we are now …
Dancing in the Dark
Our day began ON the water and ended IN the water! We conducted surface and space use data collection around Kathleen’s data collection session. The dolphins were very …
Into the Deep!
Our morning began as usual with a boat ride to Bailey’s Key for data collection and observations. We had our first space use data collection sessions. It was a relatively …
TGIF – Last Full Day for CSU Rams Abroad
Our morning dawned brightly with very socially active dolphins! We had lots of activity level 4’s this morning during space use data collection! Kathleen had very little empty footage from the morning session and Stan, Tank, Rocky, and Ronnie were up …
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