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. …
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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.
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. …
Mac is Back!!
Our day began with the worst underwater visibility I have ever experienced. The featured photo is Ronnie and Lenca … their heads are within a few inches of me and I could not see their flukes! I was only in the water for about 3 minutes. I truly hope the visibility improves tomorrow.
The angst of two …
Research in All its Forms
Nearly the whole ecotour gang joined me this morning to help collect data. We got some good surface observations, which was a positive since the underwater visibility was just yucky! I could not see more than 2-3 feet in front of me with any clarity. I collected about 14 minutes of video …
Blue Skies, Sunshine, Wind
It seems like I begin each blog report this week with a weather report! But it’s felt like a forecast or recount of the morning weather is in order each night. We woke to a breeze but no rain – hurray! And, on our way over to Bailey’s Key we had blue skies! The sunshine appeared …
A Deluge of Rain!!
The morning, afternoon, and early evening brought … RAIN! I was able to get in at Bailey’s Key for just under 7 minutes. The rain started just after I entered the water and then became an onslaught. Bill and Ron said it felt like hail. You can see Ronnie in this image just as the rain got heavy …
Weather was iffy but we all Arrived!
As travel days go, this was a long one for most of our group. You might remember from yesterday’s blog that Bill got here Thursday. So, he had a decent couple of dives before the rain made the underwater visibility become murky! Don and Louise arrived on the first flight of the day from Houston. Ron, Kate, Shannon, and I arrived on the second flight from Miami. Mary followed mid-afternoon from Atlanta and the rest of our group …
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