It’s been a busy week preparing to meet the students from St. Mary’s University (StMU, in San Antonio, TX) for a week at Anthony’s Key Resort (AKR) to study the dolphins at the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS). Our student group is …
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The last sunset is the most beautiful sunset!
Our second to last data collection session was active! There was socializing between Buzz, Tank and Rocky and lots of leaps by Maury. Kathleen also saw Poli and Tilly and Sandy and Elli and Gizmo …
Rocky, Sandy, and Rainbows!
Though the underwater visibility was not great today, Kathleen was able to record lots of footage of Sandy and of Rocky … and both dolphins visited the students trying to entice them to play, as you can see here by Sandy! The morning also provided …
Dolphin Swim Day!!
Dolphins, Dolphins, Dolphins! We all swam with dolphins today. We started, as is usual, with data collection in the morning. It was a different day with bouts of activity in between bouts of no activity. Each morning is …
No Sunscreen Needed Today!
While the sun was shining this morning and during the day, we spent a good chunk of the day in the classroom learning about physiology, operant conditioning, and sea turtles. It was lovely not to have to …
Delightful Dolphin Day!
A very early travel day brought our CSU team to Roatan in the early afternoon. Everyone got settled in followed by an orientation and then a visit to Bailey’s Key to meet the dolphins. After a yummy supper, we watched some of the video Kathleen recorded this morning and …
Travel Preparations!
Packing day is always a long day! Manon and I are traveling to Roatan one day before our group. We have 3 big bags between us, which should cover our needs for 24 days! Three bags = three weeks … right? We look forward to a hopefully smooth flight day tomorrow and to welcoming CSU group 1 on Saturday. …
New video highlighting DCP college courses in Roatan!
A big thank you to DCP Board Member John Anderson for this great, ~14 min video highlighting DCP’s college-level field courses at the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS). DCP Director Kathleen leads these courses, simultaneously meeting DCP’s research and education goals.
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.
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