Candid Camera!

 This blog was created to allow the public to follow two manatees, Rita and her calf Georgie, as scientists track them after their release back into the wild. Please return for weekly updates. As requested, here are some photos from the Berry Islands Manatee Project. 

 Manatees are very tactile animals as demonstrated in this interaction between Georgie and her mother, Rita.

Rita and Georgie are creating great habits!

This blog was created to allow the public to follow two manatees, Rita and her calf Georgie, as scientists track them after their release back into the wild. Please return for weekly updates.

NOTES FROM THE FIELD – WEEK 3:

'H-antenna'

03-May-2012

Using wildlife tracking receivers, signal attenuators and a hand held ‘H-antenna,’ the tracking team were able to pick up strong VHF signals from within the Great Harbour Cay marina, indicating that Rita and Georgie were either in the marina or outside, in the harbour. We found both tagged manatees a few feet away from the marina office on the south side of the marina. Georgie was observed nursing and being very social with her mother, Rita. Acoustic recordings, photos and videos were collected from this encounter.