Today, Luna the dolphin went on a beautiful but concise walk to Stony Kill Falls. This waterfall is one of six waterfalls that you will find in Minnewaska State Park Preserve. Luna also went to Rainbow falls in this Park. Another popular waterfall you will see at Minnewaska is Awosting Falls. You can also hike all the way to Verkeerder…
Today, Luna the dolphin went hiking in the Shawangunk, section 13 of the Long Path. In upstate New York, you never know what kind of weather you will get when you go hiking. While it might be spring and most people are seeing flowers starting to bloom, we get snow. Yesterday we had beautiful weather…
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Today, Luna the Dolphin explored the historic hackledam in Rock Hill NY. This short half a mile hike from the parking lot to the dam is beautiful and serine. This is also the path that the school kids had to take to come to school. They would cross a cable suspension foot bridge over the…
Over 30 pilot whales died after being breached on a beach in New Zealand, on St Patrick’s Day. At 10 am on Thursday the New Zealand’s Department of Conservation posted on their facebook. It stated that 34 pilot whales were stranded on Farewell Spit with 29 dead. Five of them were still alive. By 11am…
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Since January 24th, there have been dolphins spotted in River Ouse. According to the public and the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, there are three dolphins, two adults and one calf. The family has been spotted a few times now, with growing onlookers. While it is not uncommon to see dolphins near east Yorkshire, the…
For two months, rescue teams have been monitoring the status of an entangled dolphin calf in Clearwater, Florida. The calf and its mother, Matilda, were first spotted on December 4th, 2021 by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMA). The team along with Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) kept track of the pair and planned a…
On the second day of the new year, an eight month old dolphin was found on the shores of Gulf of Mexico at Fort Walton beach. According to the people that found the dolphin, it washed ashore. The beachgoers did the right thing, which was not to push the dolphin back into the water. Instead,…
The NOAA has proposed a rule that they believe will help protect spinner dolphins in Hawaii. The time-area closure proposal ensures that no human or vessel is to enter the protected shorelines from 6a.m to 3 p.m. daily. This means no swimming, snorkeling, surf boarding or using boats from morning until 3 in the afternoon….
New York has a lot of history which made an impact on the communities, such as the D & H Canal. Luna the dolphin got a chance to explore some of the D & H Canal and learn a thing or two along the way. The canal was created by William and Maurice Wurts to…
Luna went back to Rosendale, this time climbing the Joppenbergh mountain. This 500 foot mountains has the perfect overview of the Rosendale trestle, you just have to make it up there. For Luna, this was easy peasy since she wasn’t climbing anything. The 1.4 mile loop trail was fun and can be taken two ways….