This survey began earlier than the previous one, which resulted in us leaving the dock before the official sunrise. Although the light was dim, the sea conditions were favourable for sightings with a beaufort of 3 and low sea swells. Halfway to the island of Saut d'Eau, around 6:20, the light improved. The vessel slowly circled the island to to find a safe way onto the island itself for our next trip and to enable the bird surveyers to get photographs of the nesting pelicans to help them make... Continue reading ...
On
the 24th January, I found myself on a Coast Guard vessel at 6:30am
racing along the north coast of Trinidad towards the island of Saut
d'Eau (So-do) with camera and binoculars in hand, looking for any signs
of whales or dolphins. I was on CCARO's first cetacean survey of the
year.
On
this month's survey, although we have heard from our interviews with
fishermen, that dolphins pass along this north coast route regularly
in the morning, no whales or dolphins were spotted along our survey
rou... Continue reading ...
