Hi Again,
This past week I joined a survey for the AFCD in the Po Toi and
Nine Pins region of Hong Kong to track finless porpoises. I was really excited
about this field survey because in all my 13 weeks here in Hong Kong I have
only had one sighting of the finless porpoise so far! They are such fast and elusive
creatures that I have yet to get a really good look at them. Unfortunately during the entire Po Toi survey
we didn’t have any luck spotting a porpoise, even though the Beaufort sea-state
was at a level of one practically the entire time. However, once we made our way
over to the Nine Pins survey area to do one transect line before calling it a
day, we finally got a sighting! One of our staff saw a porpoise surface really
quickly in front of our boat. We cut the motor and drifted, all of us scanning
the water to try and see the porpoise surface once more. After about 10 minutes
of searching we gave up hope of seeing the porpoise for a second time and
continued on with the survey. Needless to say, the sighting was so fast
that I didn’t get a chance to see it for myself unfortunately! However joining
the AFCD field survey on that day was still well worth it; I always enjoy doing
this type of field work, and the Po Toi and Nine Pins areas are just so
beautiful! It was a great day!
So long for now,
Danielle
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