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Teachers in the Field |
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Teachers in the Field |
January 18, 2002
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What a beautiful morning - sunshiny and bright!
We got started immediately taking environmental data as we set off.
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New crew today, as Sue Hofmann was not going out and Randy Wells was on the Lorry. Mrs. McCorry and I were scheduled to leave on the MiniMako with our boat captain being Kim Bassos Hull, Senior Marine Biologist and assisted by Jason Allen, Mote Research Assistant. |
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On board were two college students, Sarah, from Wales in the British Isles, and Mindy (using the secchi disk) who comes from snowy University of Buffalo in New York state. They are both here on internships, gathering experience in their chosen areas of Environmental Studies and Marine Biology. |
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Jason was at the wheel, as we left the dock. He used the brightly visible purple-roofed building on the opposite shore as his heading. |
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We had our first sighting of dolphins and survey data and environmental information was quickly recorded. Jason and Kim shared the most important duty of photo identification of the dorsal fins. We have here two moms and two calves and they didn't like us being around. We knew this as they moved all over the place and were difficult to photo. They also "chuffed". Chuffing is a kind of dolphin snort through their blowhole when dolphins are irritated. So we got the hint and left them alone. |
Jason with camera and Sarah with survey sheet |
Jason reviewing data with Sarah |
Edward coming in to track FB10 and FB46 |
FB10 and FB46 Two adult male dolphins who travel together |
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Our last sighting of the day was a mom dolphin,
FB1 and her calf, by a bridge where boats came through in the channel
fairly regularly. Today being such a bright sunny day there seemed
to be more boats out in the bay.
The next few shots amazed and delighted us as FB1 and her calf decided to ride, play and leap in the wake of the boat coming through the channel. |
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| Shots, like the two above, probably appears to you like they were easy to snap. Not! For every "good" shot, I have 3 or so "blanks." I thought I'd share a few of those "blanks" with you. Photography takes patience and skill and a good camera! |
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Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Johnson
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