Archive for Dolphin Awareness

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Jun '133
by Colin   Posted In : Conservation Action, Dolphin Awareness, Wildlife, Marine Wildlife, Wildlife

Beachwalker Park Dolphin Sign

A new dolphin education sign has been installed along the boardwalk out to Beachwalker County Park.   The interpretive sign explains about dolphin strand feeding behavior on Captain Sam’s Spit and provides guidelines for viewers to safely view this unique […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mar '1315
by Colin   Posted In : Conservation Action, Dolphin Awareness, Habitat, Land Use, Wildlife, Marine Wildlife, Wildlife

Sam’s Spit – The Zombie Project

The Captain Sam’s Spit development issue is back in the news.   The SC State Supreme Court surprisingly reversed themselves and will allow the building of a half mile long revetment / seawall along the Kiawah River at the narrowest […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Feb '1319
by Colin   Posted In : Dolphin Awareness, Education

University of Georgia Impact Program to Visit

Students from the University of Georgia alternative spring break IMPACT Program will be visiting the Charleston area in mid-March.   The Kiawah Island Community Association and the Johns Island Conservancy will be hosting a group of the students for an […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec '127
by Colin   Posted In : Dolphin Awareness, Wildlife, Marine Wildlife, Wildlife

Dolphin swimming risky

“Truly wild dolphins will bite when they are angry, frustrated, or afraid,” NOAA writes in a Protect Dolphins brochure. “When people try to swim with wild dolphins, the dolphins are disturbed.” Story here
Nov '1218
by Colin   Posted In : Dolphin Awareness, Wildlife, Marine Wildlife, Wildlife

Dolphin Dies

Dolphins can die as result of human interference as happened recently to a wild dolphin in Sarasota. He had been fed for so long by humans that he was known as “Beggar”. He had multiple injuries and illnesses and likely […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sep '1228
by Colin   Posted In : Dolphin Awareness, Wildlife, Marine Wildlife

Dolphin Diseases

Scientist at Dolphin Research Center in Florida tends to a dolphin. A 2004 NOAA research report [links: Abstract/Summary, Full report ] documented the incidence of marine mammal workers contracting infections and diseases from dolphins and other cetaceans. These scientists and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sep '1228
by Colin   Posted In : Dolphin Awareness, Wildlife, Marine Wildlife

New Baby Dolphin

Every year or two a calf is born in the Kiawah River though an actual birth has never been witnessed.   The infant mortality rate for dolphins is very high though impossible to scientifically determine in wild populations.   In […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Aug '1231
by Sally   Posted In : Dolphin Awareness, Events, Wildlife, Marine Wildlife

Kids Dolphin Program

)An interested group of parents and children gathered Saturday, August 25 at the Johns Island Library for the Conservancy’s Dolphin program for kids.   A lively display of books, dvds and toy dolphins, crabs and fish kept the younger kids […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Aug '1224
by Colin   Posted In : Dolphin Awareness

Dolphin Crowds

Photo by Patricia Schaefer Patricia Schaefer is a Seabrook resident who has spent the last seven years photographing dolphins strand feeding in the Kiawah River.   She has published several books on the subject, participated in National Geographic’s filming of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Aug '1219
by Colin   Posted In : Dolphin Awareness, History, Wildlife, Marine Wildlife

Strand Feeding – 1838

One of the questions we are frequently asked about strand feeding is “how long have dolphins been doing it”.   Our own files and many research papers and other narratives clearly document strand feeding over the last few decades.   […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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