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So sweet First drone flight over a restored wetland cell at Poplar Island in #ChesapeakeBay. We will be mapping wetland vegetation to study how species are changing over time. #Marsh #migration #Drones4good #SheMaps #restoration https://t.co/GAOyprw04C https://www.instagram.com/p/B5rp_XbFeuN/?igshid=3ki5pc77z9c4

And the animals emerge. A day after storms slammed us against the coastline running back home, a beautiful calm settles in Gloucester. In every direction, the whales rise for breaths. The bursting explosive spouts tower above. The thermal camera mounted drone zips towards the immense humpbacks to capture a glimpse of them in infrared. We intently listen to their cacophonous breaths and watch them from the sky. A freaking fantastic field work day!!! 🐳 🐋 Thanks to Ocean Alliance for having us on the team Taken under NMFS Permit 18636-01. @oceanalliance @kmccabe24 @themuddymammal #science #marinemammals #fieldwork #dji #drones4good #humpback #humpbackwhales #drone #dronestagram #flir #gloucester #nature #ocean #discover_earth (at Gloucester, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0wb72iDd8U/?igshid=4upacz776ju7

Watch closely. The Drones 4 Good Ideathon Workshops. Dave Gallagher and I make an appearance at 0.20 and 1.49sec.

Somewhere between reading Richard Connor’s new book, hours coding videos, and restless dream-laden slumber, something clicks. No pun intended. My eyes re-focused and memory reappraised. Within the most calamitous of dolphin bashes, displays and flipper touches emerge at the transitions of some disorderly ordered dance. All attention broken momentarily, they split and scatter into aimless chaos. Then with that familiar and eerie synchronicity of truly social creatures, all rostrums align at once. What’s lost is the who is who among these fast-moving swirling grey shapes, but something more collective emerges that draws me closer to the screen in oos and aahs and bouts of hysterical laughter at mini-eureka moments. #phd #drones #science #drones4good #marinenammals #belize #dolphins🐬 #dolphins #turneffe #dronestagram #awesome #nature @oceana_bze @thegraduatecenter @rockefelleruniv https://www.instagram.com/p/BnTmBKql1vY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o04k3w0omsz6

Celebrating at the end of a great drone workshop @unphu. What a fantastic few days communicating and learning from Dominican scientists and droning professionals. Now to soak up some culture en la zona colonial #Dominicanrepublic #drones4good #science #lifeisgood (at Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena)

The Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 is sunny and full of so much life. I feel the island roots here in the colloquialisms and culture. Today I enjoyed the company of dozens of impressive professionals whose work range from geomatics to piloting small drones for the navy to identify illegal fishing activities. I learn and teach and do so I can share this world with all the people and animals worth sharing it with. #domincanrepublic #caribbean #unphu @unphu #life #drones4good (at Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena)

The dolphin entered the channel at the back of St. George’s Caye one calm morning. It started its search for breakfast near the other edge of this dredged waterway/local marine mammal hole of choice. It swam by us and past the dock at the ECOMAR station accompanied by the raucous excitement-laden screams of Urbano telling us where it had surfaced. It swam straight to the deep hole adjacent a mangrove patch where some appetizing prey were currently rethinking their habitat choices. #dolphin #drone #marinemammal #marinemammalsofinstagram #animals #animalsofinstagram #uav #dronestagram #dronephotography #fieldwork #belize #stgeorgescaye #dji #naturelovers #caribbean #conservation #drones4good @oceanic.society (at St. George's Caye)

A herd of six Antillean manatees travel across seagrass flats in the late evening near St. George's Caye in Belize. They moved across many kilometers over the hour we followed them with our small drone. The group zig zagged across patchy shallow waters. Some animals lagged behind but eventually they clustered, rubbing pectorals and changing course for some greener pastures. Sped up 4X. Music: http://www.bensound.com #sirenians #endangeredspecies #dronephotography #fins #marinemammals #marineconservation #marinemammals #animal #animallover #nature #drones4good #drones @oceana_bze @oceanic.society (at St. George's Caye)