These are posts about individual dolphins living in our study area of Sarasota Bay, Florida.
Meet the 2025 Sarasota Bay Dolphin Calves! Calf 2134, pictured above with mom F213, was the first Sarasota Bay calf documented in 2025. 2134's mom, also known as Maddie, was born in 2007 to FB55, who is part of a life-long and well-known female lineage in Sarasota Bay. FB55 is the third
Dolphin F249 Stats Name: F249 Sex: Female Born: 2011 A Dolphin's Life We first observed F249 as a young-of-the-year calf of F185. Since then, we've documented 117 sightings of her, including our most recent sighting in January. She seems to
Dolphin F295 Stats Name: F295 (formerly C79A) Sex: Female Born: 2021 A Dolphin's Life We’ve observed F295 more than 50 times since our first sighting of her as a newborn on April 7, 2021. She was the 11th calf of
Dolphin F326 Stats Name: F326, also known as Squirt Sex: Male Born: 2019 A Dolphin's Life This year (2023) we’ve been getting a lot of questions about a tagged dolphin that people have been seeing frequently around Siesta Key. Meet Squirt! We
Dolphin F165 Stats Name: F165 Sex: Female Born: 1999 A Dolphin's Life We first observed F165 as a calf in 1999. Since then, we've recorded well over 600 sightings of her. Her own mother, FB75, died during a bad red tide
Dolphin F213 Stats Name: F213, also known as Maddie Sex: Female Born: 2007 A Dolphin's Life F213 was born in 2007 to FB55, who is part of a life-long and well-known female lineage in Sarasota Bay. (FB55 is the third calf
Dolphin F259 Stats Name: F259 Sex: Female Born: 2013 A Dolphin's Life F259 was born in 2013 to a dolphin named Saida Beth, FB33. We’re excited to report that she’s a first-time mom this year (2022), having given birth to the
Dolphin F155 Stats Name: F155 Sex: Female Born: 1990 A Dolphin's Life Murphy Brown was born in 1990 to FB05, one of the earliest dolphins we documented (back in 1971, just a year after our research program began). She is part
Dolphin F217 Stats Name: F217 Sex: Female Born: 2007 A Dolphin's Life We’ve known F217 since she was born in 2007 to a dolphin we call Big Shout (F141). We’ve observed F217 more than 280 times since her birth. F217 became the
Dolphin F207 Stats Name: F207, aka Swiss Cheese Sex: Female Born: 2005 A Dolphin's Life Swiss Cheese is the calf of F175 and grand-calf of FB75 (also known as Pup). We’ve observed her more than 680 times since her birth in
