{"id":441,"date":"2018-07-30T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/30\/4-beaked-whales-in-pico-island-and-in\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:07","slug":"4-beaked-whales-in-pico-island-and-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/4-beaked-whales-in-pico-island-and-in\/","title":{"rendered":"4 beaked whales in Pico Island and in S\u00e3o Miguel we saw a lot of dolphins and sperm whales"},"content":{"rendered":"

In S\u00e3o Miguel, we started our tour with a nice view of the whole
\nisland up to the peaks. <\/span><\/span>
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\nOn the ocean we found on the catamarans the Common
\nDolphins first and later the Bottlenose Dolphins. <\/span><\/span>
\n
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\nFrom our zodiacs we
\nobserved Common Dolphins and Striped Dolphins during the morning. The afternoon
\nwe started with the same group of Bottlenose Dolphins with our familiar Alvin
\nwith a cut off dorsal fin. <\/span><\/span>
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Photos by Mariana Silva<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nTwo bottlenose dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin jumping<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphins<\/span><\/b>
\n
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\nPhotos by Laura Gonz\u00e1lez<\/span><\/div>\n
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Striped dolphins<\/span><\/b>
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Striped dolphins<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

\n
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\nThen we entered in the area of the sperm whales, where some went for shallow dives while others showed their majestical flukes. As they seemed all to be very big animals it looked like we were surrounded by males which are not as usual as the resident females. <\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>
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<\/span><\/span>To round up our day we met the group of Alvin again and this time we spot also a new born among the bottlenose dolphins.<\/span><\/span>
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\nMale Sperm whale<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale tail<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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In Pico Island, we started the day with a sighting of 4 beaked whales \u2013 Mesoplodon genus – unfortunately we could not identify the species. Then we encountered Risso’s dolphins who were so curious about the boat. They seemed like they were smiling at us! <\/span><\/div>\n

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\nThen we saw a group of spotted dolphins and when before we come back, we went to see a male sperm whale, but he was a little shy with our presence, so we went back to the port!<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos by Rui Santos<\/span><\/div>\n
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\n
\nBeaked
\nwhale – Mesoplodon genus<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n

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\nSpotted dolphins<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
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\nBeautiful risso’s dolphin<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In S\u00e3o Miguel, we started our tour with a nice view of the whole island up to the…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[23,99,3,4,36,15],"yoast_head":"\n4 beaked whales in Pico Island and in S\u00e3o Miguel we saw a lot of dolphins and sperm whales - Azores Whales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/4-beaked-whales-in-pico-island-and-in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 beaked whales in Pico Island and in S\u00e3o Miguel we saw a lot of dolphins and sperm whales - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In S\u00e3o Miguel, we started our tour with a nice view of the whole island up to the…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/4-beaked-whales-in-pico-island-and-in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-30T20:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-22T22:38:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-43.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"881\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"587\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Azores Whales\",\"description\":\"Azores Whale Watching Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/4-beaked-whales-in-pico-island-and-in\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-43.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-43.png\",\"width\":881,\"height\":587},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/4-beaked-whales-in-pico-island-and-in\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/4-beaked-whales-in-pico-island-and-in\/\",\"name\":\"4 beaked whales in Pico Island and in S\\u00e3o Miguel we saw a lot of dolphins and sperm whales - 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