{"id":45,"date":"2019-10-08T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/08\/a-good-dolphins-day-in-pico-island\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:40:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:40:15","slug":"a-good-dolphins-day-in-pico-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-good-dolphins-day-in-pico-island\/","title":{"rendered":"A good dolphins day in Pico Island"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nYesterday we had our first trip since the hurricane passed nearby\u2026 and the Autumn wild sea gave us a beautiful morning near the dolphins.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nIn the middle of the waves the seasonable Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a> were truly active, chasing and herding fish, scattered near the Ocean\u2019s surface. The Cory\u2019s shearwaters<\/a> were always present, following them through the skies while trying to catch some of their herded fish! High jumps, social behaviours and communication whistles\/clicks were also present among all this activity.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThe resident, Oceanic bottlenose<\/a> and Risso\u2019s dolphins<\/a> were also quite active and social … We even observed two Risso\u2019s travelling along the bottlenose\u2019s pod. After staying with the bottlenose pod and with the guidance of our lookout we navigated more inside and got to sight again (check this in our previous post) , what seemed to be two different pods of Risso\u2019s gathered around the same area… as we arrived, they were divided in two different groups but eventually they got together.. passing quite close to our boat!<\/span><\/span>
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As we arrived at our land base we still had the opportunity to check what they were doing underwater with our onboard recorded videos, while among their company.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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