{"id":2156,"date":"2011-08-24T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/24\/all-our-trips-today-have-been-enjoying\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:28:10","slug":"all-our-trips-today-have-been-enjoying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/all-our-trips-today-have-been-enjoying\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\nAll our trips today have been enjoying the sight of thousands of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\">Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a>! At one point we could see dolphins to the horizon, a super pod spread out over a huge area. It&#8217;s great to see the dolphins like this in the summer months, with plenty of young animals in their groups, swimming alongside our boats and showing off with acrobatics.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"420\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644439708866119842\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/greatshearwaters.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;\" width=\"640\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>Two <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/great-shearwater-fact-sheet_3172.html\">great shearwaters<\/a> resting on the water<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also been noticing the large number of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/great-shearwater-fact-sheet_3172.html\">great Shearwaters <\/a>(<em>Puffinus Gravis, <\/em>above) in the area at the moment. These birds follow a circular migratory route up the Eastern seaboard of South and North America before crossing the Atlantic in August. They can be also be seen quite commonly off the south-western coast of Great Britain and Ireland before heading back down the Eastern littoral of the Atlantic to their breeding sites on islands in the South Atlantic. Here we&#8217;ve been observing them feeding at the surface with spotted and <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\">common dolphins<\/a>, you can see above one bird ducking its head into the water checking for small fish.. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/odyssey\/odyssey\/20050530_log_transcript.html\">here<\/a> for a excerpt from the log of The Odyssey when they encountered great Shearwaters on their voyage and a great explanation of the Mid-Atlantic ridge which we&#8217;re a part of here in the Azores.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All our trips today have been enjoying the sight of thousands of Atlantic spotted dolphins! 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