{"id":1788,"date":"2013-06-30T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/30\/4-species-on-sunny-day\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:30:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:30:18","slug":"4-species-on-sunny-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/4-species-on-sunny-day\/","title":{"rendered":"4 species on a sunny day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIn the morning we had many encounters, with common dolphins<\/a> together with spotted dolphins<\/a>, bottlenose dolphins<\/a> and sperm whales<\/a>. We saw one bottlenose dolphin baby so small that it cannot be more then a few hours old. We also had swimming with these wonderful dolphins. In the afternoon we had a lovely encounter with a big pod of curious common dolphins. This group was full of calves, some of them just newborns. The next species that we saw was the bottlenose dolphin doing high jumps, amusing everyone! After a while we traveled to another area, trying to see sperm whales that were sighted and in the meantime we released some mail pigeons to train them (a request from a local resident). All of our boats waited a long time to see sperm whales in the place they were last spotted, but unfortunately nobody got to see a whale on this tour. However, everybody was happy with the wonderful dolphins!<\/div>\n

\nVideo from the morning:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nPhotos from the morning:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nTravelling out on our catamaran “Cetus”<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nCommon dolphin<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale seen from our catamaran after a long wait<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale diving – we later confirmed this was a new individual we had not seen before<\/em><\/div>\n

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And the icing on the cake…a baby <\/em>loggerhead turtle<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nCommon dolphin next to our zodiac<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nA common dolphin with a flopped dorsal fin,<\/i><\/div>\n
\nmight be our friend Victor<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nOur zodiac boat<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nOur catamaran “Cetus”<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nCommon dolphin playing around our catamaran<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nWatching common dolphins from our catamaran<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin jumping – almost a perfect shot!<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin surfing the waves behind our catmaran<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nReleasing mail pigeons to train them to find their way home<\/div>\n

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\nRock pigeon (Columbia livia atlantis<\/em>)<\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the full day:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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Bottlenose dolphins<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Sperm whale<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Our zodiac boat <\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Vila Franca island<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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The group of full day go back to Vila Franca<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Our clients watching bottlenose dolphins<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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