{"id":310,"date":"2019-01-29T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/29\/sighting-statistics-of-december-2018\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:51","slug":"sighting-statistics-of-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sighting-statistics-of-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Sighting statistics of December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Last December has not been easy! During that month, as we could expect, we have&nbsp;seen the four resident species.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">We sighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a> on 72% of&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">our tours, <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/rissos-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Risso&#8217;s dolphins<\/a>, both on 36% of the&nbsp;tours and <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sperm whales<\/a> just in 18%! But we have had an amazing surprise!!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">On the 6th of December, we saw false killer whales! It was amazing. The last time we spotted this species was&nbsp;on July, so it was great to meet them again!<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">However, bad weather allowed us to go out to the sea only 11 days, and the&nbsp;sea conditions were not so perfect. Or maybe they were for the animals! Wind&nbsp;and waves have been always present. Well, it is winter in the Azores!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Untitled-Project-2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"539\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Untitled-Project-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last December has not been easy! 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