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The sea was flat like a mirror when we left the marina this morning, the sun was warming us like in summer time, and out there were lots of common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, a loggerhead turtle and Portuguese man-o-war. In the afternoon we resighted the bottlenose dolphins, and also we encountered a fin whale. As well as the adult fin whale we encountered we also spotted the blows of a mother and calf nearby and our onshore lookout reported a total of 5 whales in the area. It was a nice way to celebrate “World Wildlife Day”. Now spring is here and so the baleen whale season, which means the three largest animals in the world started migrating past the Azores. We are looking forward a great spring!
Photos from today:
Adult fin whale encountered in the afternoon
Bottlenose dolphins close to shore in the afternoon
Bottlenose dolphin jumping in front of our zodiac this morning
Common dolphin surfacing in a perfect smooth ocean
Common dolphin
Loggerhead turtle
Portuguese man-o-war
Like a summers day
Little egret – one of 3 spotted on the rocks this morning
Our zodiac “Alfredo baleeiro”
Fishing boat
Conger eel
On board one of our zodiacs in the morning, João Vigia
Azorean buzzard
One of our playful skippers today (on board João Vigia)
The other playful skipper (on board Alfredo baleeiro)
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Equipa de Biólogos da Futurismo
Sandrina Rodrigues
