{"id":2349,"date":"2009-01-31T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/31\/observations-january-09\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:27:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:27:18","slug":"observations-january-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/observations-january-09\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2009 sighting statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oP1dI2XxmSE\/SbjvIBnWDWI\/AAAAAAAAAiA\/5kozOLVYoF8\/s1600-h\/Obs.+jan.09.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"433\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312258681634950498\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Obs.-jan.09.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nOur sighting statistics are regular for this month. The difference is that for the first time we had Atlantic spotted dolphins in January (usually these dolphins leave the Azores during the colder winter months). This year in January we encountered five different cetacean species. Encounter frequencies (number of days encountered of all the days we went to sea) for these species are shown in the graph above and common names are listed below (ordered by those most encountered first):<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\">Common dolphin<\/a> (<i>Delphinus delphis<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\">Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/a> (<i>Stenella frontalis<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\">Sperm whale<\/a> (<i>Physeter macrocephalus<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\">Bottlenose dolphin<\/a> (<i>Tursiops truncatus<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/rissos-dolphin.html\">Risso&#8217;s dolphin<\/a> (<i>Grampus griseus<\/i>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our sighting statistics are regular for this month. 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