June 30, 2007

Yaana remains off the town of San Blas.

June 29 - Yaana Taunting Us?

Sometimes I wonder if dolphins have a sense of humor... Yaana remains off the town of San Blas, seemingly taunting us now that we do not have a team in the area to look for her. She has exceeded the 25,000 maximum expected transmissions, and battery strength continues to be good. Hopefully she will continue to transmit until Pablo is back in the area next month.

June 28, 2007

Yaana has moved back into the bay, conveniently near the town of San Blas. Unfortunately, Pablo has left the area and will not be able to return until mid-July.

June 26, 2007

Yaana is at the mouth of the bay.

Pablo has noted an apparent decline in sightings per unit effort in the bay this winter. Yaana's extensive use of the waters immediately outside of the bay rather than deep in the bay this winter is consistent with this finding.

June 25---Catching a Glimpse...

Yaana is outside the mouth of the bay.

Pablo's team saw a tagged dolphin yesterday, apparently with only one pin still holding the satellite tag onto the fin. Unfortunately, they were not able to get any photos of it, so we cannot determine for certain which dolphin it was. However, Yaana has spent time in the vicinity (near Northeast Sandbanks) on each of the past 3 days before moving offshore at night. Field conditions are very challenging---the extreme cold limits time on the water each day. (That is a shot of calm conditions---you can imagine how hard it is when things are far from ideal, as right now.)