October 27, 2013
Well the weather wasn’t kind to us on the last day for Linda
and I. We were going to do some
quadcopter work but the wind was blowing 25 knots…at least…making conditions
bad at best. We did get in a little bit
of snorkeling when we went out to check the conditions. We saw lots of sharks
and rays and got some identification pictures for Johann…and then came across a
humpback whale and calf inside the bay (a nice birthday present for Jeremy!).
The humpbacks are here for breeding and will travel south for the
(southern hemisphere) summer to feed. We
were lucky enough to spend a bit of time with a mother and calf. They were both pretty animated at times and
we got to see tail slaps, pectoral fin slapping, a few spy hops and a couple
breaches! Truly amazing! They even came close enough to see them
underwater. Last night when Johann and
Jeremy were retrieving the cameras they could hear a whale singing in the
distance!
Below are some pictures from the monitoring cameras and our
snorkel. Linda and I head back tomorrow
but Johann and Jeremy have another three weeks of work. We won’t keep up the daily updates for now
but we will put together some highlights of the research. Also look out for project based videos for
elementary and middle school classrooms in the next couple months … and
research results as soon as we have ‘em!
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