{"id":1115,"date":"2016-01-31T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/31\/a-long-journey\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:34:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:34:44","slug":"a-long-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-long-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"A long journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nToday it we saw a bit more of the coastline along the north of the island. It was a fun ride across a wavy ocean to try to see a whale that our lookout had spotted out to the northwest of the island. Along the way we encountered a group of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a>&nbsp;travelling along and riding the waves. We spent some time watching them as they accompanied our boat. Unfortunately we were not so lucky with the whale, as we never did see it. The species of whale will remain a mystery. It was a good day for bird watching though, the crew spotted some slightly more rare species for this area: <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/great-skua-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">great skua<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/black-legged-kittiwake-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">black-legged kittiwake<\/a> and several <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/northern-gannet-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">northern gannets<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/most.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/most.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>Mosteiros &#8211; the west coast of S\u00e3o Miguel Island<\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/roazes.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/roazes.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>Bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0569.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0569.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>Black-legged kittiwake<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today it we saw a bit more of the coastline along the north of the island. 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