Today was a water-filled day that we very much enjoyed! We collected data in the morning and then hightailed to breakfast so we would be on time for the double morning snorkel trip, which we enjoyed. We went near to …
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Dolphin Swim Day … and also World Environment Day!
We excitedly packed our gear and donned our bathing suits for the early AM data collection because our dolphin encounter and swim were this morning after data and breakfast! The morning data collection was eventful with lots of attention paid to Kathleen’s legs (See Rocky …
Today – A Unique Session: A42424 on 04 Jun 2024!
Everyone in the group was EARLY … by 3 min or more … for our trip to Bailey’s Key! This was a delightful first for DCP’s field courses. We added collection of baseline scans for space use data and Kathleen had a good 30 min session while John flew the drone that gave …
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 …
The Basics in Mermaids/Mermen
Our first data collection session was this morning and we got to participate in the first drone flight to ground truth the space use panoramic shots taken over the last few years with DCP field courses and ecotours. Before moving out to the platforms/palapa …
Travel, Arrival, Unpacking!
Today was everyone’s travel day – Kathleen, John & Manon from Miami. The CSU group from Denver (mostly) and Bill from California via Houston. Bill’s flight was first to arrive, and he sailed through immigration whereas the rest of us all arrived at about the same …
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 …
Last Full Day for URI in 2024!
The underwater visibility was EXCEPTIONAL this morning. We saw LOTS of socializing, surfing a boat wake (the speed runs underwater were cool!). Kathleen and Manon experimented with a …
Wahoo! Yippee!
Those are the positive reinforcement terms we use when getting a dolphin ID correct on the videos!! When we are wrong, we get the buzzer! We started the day …
Swimming with Dolphins!!
Data collection was conducted partially in the rain this morning! It was just enough rain to make things damp and the data sheets flecked with water. Still, we prevailed. And the morning surface …
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