It was Theresa's last day at work yesterday. We surveyed North-West and West Lantau and had 17 sightings in total. We said that the dolphins came to say goodbye to Theresa :-) It's been a great pleasure working with her and she's taught me so much in the past two months. I wish her success in the future.
We met a group of playful juveniles in the afternoon and recorded their sounds while they socialised. Sometimes they were so loud that we heard them even without putting the headphones on! Theresa had to help Vincent make the recordings, so I was put in charge of photographing dolphins for the first time. They surfaced together for most of the time so it wasn't too difficult to spot them and photograph their dorsal fins.
On another occasion, I spotted a dolphin which the two observers on shift had missed. Vincent (not on shift at the time) confirmed it as an off-effort sighting. I think I've definitely become very sensitive to the presence of dolphins now!
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