{"id":1748,"date":"2013-08-03T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/03\/a-summer-day-in-sao-migue\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:30:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:30:35","slug":"a-summer-day-in-sao-migue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-summer-day-in-sao-migue\/","title":{"rendered":"A summer day in S\u00e3o Miguel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nToday is a perfect summer’s day in S\u00e3o Miguel. Our whale watching and dolphin swimming tours also started off perfectly this morning. After just a few minutes of travelling out of the marina we came across our first species of the day – common dolphins<\/a>. It was a large group of at least 200 dolphins, including many newborn calves. Further along the coast we encountered bottlenose dolphins<\/a>, a smaller group but also with a baby or two and also close to shore. The final show of the morning was from an active group of Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a> that were feeding on horse mackerel <\/a>together with many Cory’s shearwaters<\/a>, yellow-legged gulls<\/a> and to our surprise yellowfin tuna<\/a> (which we didn’t realise until we examined our photos later). After our cetacean encounters we enjoyed a tour past vila franca islet where we spotted some local bird life (including a little egret<\/a>), followed by a nice coastal ride back to Ponta Delgada.<\/p>\n

Our good luck continued in the afternoon for our whale watching and dolphin swimming tours. Those on the whale watching encountered common dolphins, Atlantic spotted dolpins and a large male sperm whale<\/a> that we know very well and call “Mr Liable”. The lucky ones on our swimming tour had an amazing underwater encounter with common dolphins that were feeding on a large school of horse mackerel<\/a> right next to their boat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nVideo of the common dolphins this morning:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n
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\nPhotos from this morning:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphins just outside of Ponta Delgada<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nWatching common dolphins<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphins – normal coloured individual on top and dark individual underdneath<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphins – mother and calf<\/em><\/div>\n

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\n Bottlenose dolphins close-up<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nWatching bottlenose dolphins bowriding in front of our catamaran “Cetus”<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nAtlantic spotted dolphin juvenile leaping next to our boat<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nJuvenile gull trying to steal a fish (horse mackerel<\/a>) off a Cory’s shearwater<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n

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\nYellowfin tuna<\/a> jumping<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nCory’s shearwater<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n

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\nAboard our catamaran “Cetus” approaching Vila Franca Islet<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nAboard our catamaran “Cetus” watching Vila Franca Islet<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nLittle egret<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n

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\nPassing Caloura on the return trip<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b>
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\nFeeding time!<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSurrounded by dolphins<\/div>\n

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\nSwimming right under<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nMother and calf approaching<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n Sperm whale (Mr Liable)<\/i>
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\nMr Liable’s fluke – the one most seen of all the flukes in our catalogue<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today is a perfect summer’s day in S\u00e3o Miguel. 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