azwhales
We were with the same pod both at morning and during the afternoon. They were travelling slowly and resting close to shore. It was a numerous group with lots of juveniles and calves. One of the smallest calves seemed to be really young. It was still learning how to swim and surface properly (he was doing it, of course, but still with a quite clumsy way…)
During today’s trip we were also able to observe a pod of Bottlenose dolphins really close to shore.
They were quite calm at surface, taking deep dives in-between the surfacing periods. As we were navigating through the Ocean, we met several pods of common dolphins feeding on small schooling fish along with Cory shearwaters. Both species were jumping high and splashing their bodies against the water.
Our spotter saw one big adult and lonely sperm whale male on the morning (…it was not the same we were with yesterday!) and a group of females with at least one calf on the afternoon.
Portuguese man o’ war are found everywhere and loggerhead sea turtles are having their delights.
azwhales
Futurismo Biologists Team
Sandrina Rodrigues
