Morigenos members and dolphin adopters day

Last Saturday, May 7th 2011, we organized a special day for Morigenos members and dolphin adopters. We demonstrated our research procedures, informed them about the latest news of “your and our” dolphins and we all got to know eachother better. Unfortunately we missed dolphins only for one day. We found a dolphin on Sunday morning, swimming next to the oceanographic buoy, exactly where we were sailing the day before. Later on, in the afternoon, we also tracked down a group of 15 dolphins further offshore. Among them we saw Deinon, Amanita, Kai and Daphne with her new calf. Even though we didn’t find any dolphins during our day together, we all spent a nice sunny day in Piran. Thank you for joining us.

On the link below (minute 10:40) you can check out the short news broadcast during the morning TV show Dobro Jutro (in Slovene)
http://tvslo.si/predvajaj/dobro-jutro-1-del/ava2.104953202/

Photo: Brigita Žvokelj, Morigenos member

Dan članov in posvojiteljev delfinov društva Morigenos

Prejšnjo soboto, 7. 5. 2011, smo organizirali poseben dan za člane in posvojitelje delfinov društva Morigenos. Našim podpornikom smo predstavili terensko delo, jih seznanili z zadnjimi novicami o “vaših in naših” delfinih ter se z njimi nekoliko bolje spoznali. Delfine smo na žalost zgrešili le za en dan, saj smo v nedeljo dopoldne našli delfina ravno pri oceanografski boji, kjer smo z ladjico pluli prejšnji dan. Popoldne pa smo na odprtem morju izsledili še skupino 15-ih delfinov, v kateri so bili med drugim tudi Deinon, Amanita, Kai in Daphne z mladičkom. Kljub temu, da delfinov med našim druženjem nismo uspeli najti, smo skupaj preživeli lep sončen dan v Piranu. Hvala vsem, ki ste se nam pridružili.

Na spodnji povezavi si lahko na minuti 10:40 ogledate prispevek v oddaji Dobro Jutro
http://tvslo.si/predvajaj/dobro-jutro-1-del/ava2.104953202/

Foto: Brigita Žvokelj, članica društva

Letošnja prva želva!

Dva dni nazaj smo bili na terenu. Med iskanjem delfinov smo srečali prvo letošnjo želvo, glavato kareto (Caretta caretta). Njen oklep je meril približno 40-50 cm, želva pa se je mirno sončila na mirni vodni gladini. Morske želve naše vode obiščejo vsako leto med majem in oktobrom. Veselimo se nove želvje sezone in novih srečanj s temi tihimi morjeplovci.

This year's first turtle!

We were out at sea two days ago. During dolphin search we encountered our first loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) this year. The carapace lenght was about 40-50 cm. The turtle was basking calmly at the surface. Marine turtles visit our waters each year between May and October. We look forward to the new turtle season and to new encounters with these silent sailors.