‘Show us some fin’: citizen scientists take to the seas for first of its kind dolphin census

Dolphins seen during NSW’s first statewide dolphin census. Photograph: Dolphin Research Australia

Looking down the barrel of a telephoto lens, Dr Elizabeth Hawkins tells the dolphins circling the research boat to work it for the camera.

“That’s it,” she says, joking to her crew. “Show us some fin. Don’t be shy. How about some tail? Oh that’s good. The camera loves you.”