{"id":1283,"date":"2015-05-29T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/29\/a-summers-day-on-ocean\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:33:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:33:35","slug":"a-summers-day-on-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-summers-day-on-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"A summer’s day on the ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nToday it felt just like summer in the Azores, with a clear blue sky and bright blue crystal clear water full of marine life. In the morning we encountered our three resident dolphin species: common dolphins<\/a>, Risso’s dolphins<\/a> and bottlenose dolphins<\/a>. The Risso’s dolphins<\/a> were particularly nice to see because we haven’t seen them around lately, despite them being resident in the Azores. There were some very small Risso’s dolphins<\/a> in the group that were often jumping out of the water playfully. We could see from the vertical lines (fetal folds) on these calves that they were newborns no more than a few weeks old. The bottlenose dolphins<\/a> and common dolphins<\/a> were also great to see, gliding under the waves through the clear blue water for us all to see. We also encountered a few loggerhead turtles<\/a> during our morning tour.<\/div>\n
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\nIn the afternoon we had five different species, we started with the bottlenose dolphins<\/a>, and later on 3 sei whales. They were travelling slowly west, but stayed close to us. When we slowed down, they slowed down. When w sped up a little bit to keep up with with them they went with us. Like previous encounters with sei whales<\/a> this month – they acted wonderfully around our boats. After the whales we headed of towards Risso’s dolphins<\/a>, the same group as in the morning with the playful newborns. And last, but not least, we ended up with a mixed group of pilot whales<\/a> and bottlenose dolphins. Oh, not to forget, we squeezed in a final species: common dolphins<\/a> feeding with Cory’s shearwaters. <\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the morning: <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nEye contact with a common dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCory’s shearwater<\/a>. We saw a large group of them feeding with some common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAdult Risso’s dolphin jumping<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphin newborn calf jumping (notice the blue eye)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAdult and calf Risso’s dolphins surfacing together<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA well-marked adult Risso’s dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching Risso’s dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin gliding through the perfect water<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOur catamaran “Cetus” with bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe return to Ponta Delgada aboard our boat “Song of Whales”<\/i>
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\nPhotos from the morning (from our catamaran Cetus):<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nWatching common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin jumping<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin <\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching a loggerhead turtle and dolphins further away<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSong of Whales and bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA dolphin looking at our clients in the bow of Cetus<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching a dolphin while our biologist Sara explains about them<\/i><\/div>\n


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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n


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\nSei whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPilot whales<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPilot whale<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nBottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphin smile<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphin baby and mother<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPilot whale baby and mother<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n
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