The New York -- New Jersey Harbor Estuary Is a Dining Hotspot During Summer and Autumn Months for Bottlenose Dolphins
Published:06 Jun.2022 Source:Wildlife Conservation Society
They click. They whistle. They love seafood. They are New York City's nearshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) that return to feed in local waters from spring to fall each year, and a team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is tracking them.
The team deployed underwater listening devices at six locations off Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and New Jersey, to detect where and when dolphins fed. Dolphins produce a series of rapid clicks called "foraging buzzes" which can reveal feeding activity.