Sara enjoying "lunch" at the Tampa Riverwalk
For the past 6 years, as I strolled along Tampa’s Riverwalk, I have frequently had dolphins “strolling” along in the Hillsborough River beside me. One particularly enjoyable encounter a couple of weeks ago got me thinking “I keep seeing perhaps the same dolphins year after year and…I don’t even know their names – seems elitist and wrong”. Wanting to be friendly and civilived the next time my dolphin friends and I met, a quick search of “dolphin indentification” had me discovering that in fact it is not that difficult to tell dolphins apart once you know what to look for…their fins!
In cooperation with Blake High School Photography students, Channelside Watersports, the Florida Aquarium and area rowers we have begun a “fin identification” program so you will also be able to figure out which dolphin you are watching as you stroll along the Tampa Riverwalk. Stay tuned in the months and years to come as we learn more about our underwater neighbors here in Tampa!
