April 14, 2007

Here is today's map. From top to bottom; Lea, Yanaa (back from a trip to the mouth of the bay), and Roberto.

April 13, 2007

Here is today's map. From left to right: Roberto, Lea, with Yaana outside of the mouth of the bay.

April 12, 2007 - "Site Fidelity"

Based on more than a month of tracking, the degree of site fidelity (the attachment that the animals have to the area, or how much they hang out in the immediate area) that is becoming evident is impressive. It seems comparable to what we found for the dolphins of southern Bahia Samborombon. This may point to a change in or understaning of the species.

Aprill 11, 2007

Here is today's dolphin map. From left to right: Roberto, Lea, Yaana.

April 10, 2007 - Getting Photos

Here is today's map. From left to right: Roberto, Yaana, Lea. The positions continue to show the dolphins spending a great deal of time on or near the shallows surrounding the deeper channels in the area.

Pablo will return to San Blas tomorrow, and hopefully will return with photos of the tagged dolphins. That sounds easy, but these dolphins are very small and secretive. Rough seas make work unsafe, and make it nearly impossible to see the dolphins. This was a huge problem in the exposed waters of Bahia Samborombon; we hope it will be less of a problem in the more protected waters of our current site near Bahia San Blas. Unfortunately, Bahia San Blas is much farther away from the base of operations for AquaMarina (Pablo Bordino’s organization), so it will be more challenging to get into the field regularly. Hopefully, we'll get some good photos on this trip.

April 9, 2007

Here is today's map (click on it for a larger image). From left to right, the dolphins are: Roberto, Lea, Yaana.