31 May 2016

30 May 2016

Superfast



Striped dolphin swimming superfast.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

29 May 2016

Bad skin, good mood



This striped dolphin calf, observed today, had an impressive skin disease on both sides of the body. Still, this baby was quite lively, swimming besides her/his mother and playing around our boat. 

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Stenella striata and Chiroteuthis veranyi



Yesterday, while following a group of about 150 striped dolphins, we found this fresh squid floating dead at the surface.

It is the 13th time we find this species—Chiroteuthis veranyi—while tracking dolphins, and we think that these deep water invertebrates (found fresh and carrying lesions or amputations) may be a common prey of striped dolphins in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece.

C. veranyi was actually found in the stomach of striped dolphins inspected in Turkey by Öztürk et al. (2007).

(Photos by G. Bearzi)

28 May 2016

Take a breath



Striped dolphin breathing.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

27 May 2016

Test run



Our friend Alexis, the Galaxidi mechanic, doing a test run with Silvia after an extensive boat service.

(Photos by G. Bearzi)

25 May 2016

Too windy



Too windy for a dolphin survey. Lavinia and Silvia in Agios Vasileios, enjoying an 8 Beaufort wind.

(Photos by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

24 May 2016

23 May 2016

Agios Nikolaos, Galaxidi



Agios Nikolaos, the main church of Galaxidi, as seen from our field station at night.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

22 May 2016

Jumping calf



A striped dolphin calf performing an acrobatic jump.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

20 May 2016

Rainy



Standing by the inflatable on a rainy day.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Galaxidi, Greece)

18 May 2016

Join us in the field



You can join the researchers in the field for a Dolphin Biology Week. This one-week programme will provide you with opportunities of monitoring dolphins and other fauna in the Gulf of Corinth, together with experienced marine biologists who have been studying Mediterranean dolphins for a long time. The programme includes informal seminars on marine conservation, and data collection during boat surveys.

For information: www.dolphinbiology.org/field/

17 May 2016

Exhaling before a jump



Striped dolphin exhaling before a high jump.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

16 May 2016

Surrounded

Striped dolphins and short-beaked common dolphins around our boat.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

14 May 2016

On a mirror-like sea



A beautiful striped dolphin leaps on a mirror-like sea.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

09 May 2016

Bowriding a tanker



Striped dolphins bowriding the large wave of a slow-moving tanker.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

08 May 2016

Happy Mother's Day



(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Rare common dolphins



Two short-beaked common dolphins, increasingly rare in the Gulf of Corinth, swim besides our inflatable.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

04 May 2016

Risso's dolphin shark bite



Risso's dolphin "Yaya" showing her impressive (and fully healed) shark bite.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

02 May 2016

Plastic bag trick



Occasionally, the leaf trick may turn into a plastic bag trick – which doesn't look quite as nice.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

01 May 2016

Leaf trick



A trick dolphins enjoy: dragging a seagrass leaf on their dorsal or pectoral fin.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)