{"id":253,"date":"2019-04-07T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/07\/a-huge-group-of-common-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:39:09","slug":"a-huge-group-of-common-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-huge-group-of-common-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"A huge group of common dolphins socializing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nWe started the day with our common dolphins<\/a>! Despite some wind and waves, having the opportunity to go to the ocean and see these animals is always very rewarding knowing that this is one of our resident cetacean species in the Azores and also the species most observed. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nAfter we left Ponta Delgada aboard our catamaran Cetus, our lookouts spotted a nice group of common dolphins and we went to the area indicated. There, we could see more than 100 dolphins in socialization. We spent some time in the company of the common dolphins with some <\/span>Cory’s shearwaters<\/a> flying over the area. <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nEvery year, the Cory’s shearwaters choose the Azores as a nesting location, they mate, lay the eggs and raise the cubs in these islands. They can do this for thirty years, from the time they reach adulthood, at age 7, up to age 40, their maximum known longevity. Although the Azores have the world’s largest population of the species Calonectris borealis (85%), the European population of Cory’s shearwater is in an unfavorable state of conservation and has been declining in recent decades. So it is always good to see them in association with the different species of cetaceans that appear in our seas!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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