{"id":2245,"date":"2010-12-31T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/31\/2010-sighting-statistics\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:27:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:27:46","slug":"2010-sighting-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2010-sighting-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 sighting statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">As 2010 draws to a close the team at Futurismo is looking back to another great year of whale watching experienced here in the Azores. This year we saw 16 cetacean species: <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">striped dolphin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/rissos-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Risso&#8217;s dolphin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/pilot-whale-spp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pilot whale<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/false-orcafalse-killer-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">false killer whale<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/northern-bottlenose-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northern bottlenose<\/a> whale, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/kogiids-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beaked whale species<\/a> (probably <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sowerbys-beaked-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sowerby&#8217;s beaked whale<\/a>), <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sperm whale<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/brydes-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryde&#8217;s whale<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/humpback-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humpback whale<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/01\/blue-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blue whale<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/minke-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">minke whale<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sei-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sei whale<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/fin-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fin whale<\/a>. We had some very memorable moments, including a record sighting of 7 species in one day and a rare encounter with breaching <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/humpback-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humpback whales<\/a>. 2010 has also been a good year for us to see <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/01\/blue-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blue whales<\/a>, the largest animals in the world! <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Ofcourse we can&#8217;t forget the numerous other species encountered, including our local seabirds, turtles, flying fish,and sharks. We would like to thank our visitors from the past year. It has been a pleasure sharing our unforgetable tours with you. We look forward to another great year to come, and hope to share the beauty of the Azores with many more people.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The Futurismo team<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot;;\"><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OqDHA8UhOsQ\/TR4JKzUTIpI\/AAAAAAAAAUw\/OzzuihCY69Y\/s1600\/2010%2Bsightings%2Bgraph.bmp\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"395\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556889071400460946\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OqDHA8UhOsQ\/TR4JKzUTIpI\/AAAAAAAAAUw\/OzzuihCY69Y\/s1600\/2010%2Bsightings%2Bgraph.bmp\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As 2010 draws to a close the team at Futurismo is looking back to another great year of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[32],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - 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