Mobile Manatees @ DISL

OPEN GREEN START

Approx start
Mobile-Tensaw Delta

First stop
Dog River
Oct. 23, 2009

Second stop
Fowl River

Entered Intracoastal Waterway
Oct. 31, 2009

Choctawhatchee Bay, FL

St. Andrews Bay, FL

Port St. Joe, FL

Nov. 14, 2009
Intracoastal Waterway, FL

Apalachicola Bay, FL

Nov. 18, 2009

Nov. 20 - 23, 2009

Nov. 24 - 25, 2009
St. Marks, FL

Nov. 25, 2009

Nov. 26, 2009

Nov. 28, 2009

Nov. 30, 2009

Dec 1, 2009

Dec. 2 - 4, 2009

BLUE S

April 15, 2010 - 5 A. M.
Bama leaves Crystal River

BLUE T

April 15, 2010 - Noon
CERC

BLUE U

April 16, 2010
Suwannee Sound

BLUE V

April 20 - 21, 2010
Long Point

BLUE W

April 25 - 26, 2010
Apalachicola Bay, FL

**Red balloons = Bama's trip out of Mobile Bay, AL in winter 2009.
**Purple Balloons = Bama's return from Crystal River, FL in spring 2010

Balloon locations represent general areas through which Bama passed as she migrated from Mobile Bay Alabama to Florida in fall 2009. Bama was originally tagged on 4 Sep 2009 in Delvan Bay in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and is the first manatee ever tagged in Alabama waters. This information is provided by DISL's Mobile Manatees Sighting Network for public education purposes only and is not suitable for rigorous scientific applications including, management or conservation purposes.