azwhalesToday in
São Miguel we were leaving the rain behind on land with a nice rainbow in sight and went out to see several
dolphin species both morning and afternoon. Like common dolphins feeding with Cory’s shearwater in the
morning or being social and mating in the afternoon. Atlantic spotted dolphins travelling in the morning and being curious towards the small boats in the afternoon. The bottlenose dolphins were presenting a
spectacular show in the morning and in the afternoon they were surfing and mating. In the afternoon the zodiacs were lucky to see the rare
sighting of beaked whales. The sighting was so good that it was possible to identify the species as Blainville’s beaked whale. Also a loggerhead turtle was giving
everybody the chance to have a good look at it.
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| Blainville’s beaked whale with scars on its body |
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| Beak of the beaked whale |
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| Bottlenose dolphin putting on a show in liberty |
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| Bottlenose dolphin leaping high |
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| Atlantic spotted dolphin with calf |
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| Adult Atlantic spotted dolphin |
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| Common dolphin
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| Cory’s shearwater with needle fish this morning |
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Common dolphin with Cory’s shearwaters
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| Loggerhead turtle at the surface |
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Futurismo Biologists Team
Sandrina Rodrigues
