{"id":47539,"date":"2019-12-08T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=47539"},"modified":"2020-01-24T11:39:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T12:39:55","slug":"bright-morning-with-rissos-dolphins-and-common-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/bright-morning-with-rissos-dolphins-and-common-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright morning with Risso’s dolphins and common dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today it was another cloudy day but with a beautiful and calm sea. Really close to the harbour we stopped in one area with a lot of common dolphins.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The adults were very active, mating and showed us the belly. Also it was plenty of calves, they were all the time swimming along adult individuals because they spend their first year learning everything from them. Today it was a really good day to take pictures of this species to improve our Photo ID catalogue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common dolphins are a resident species and with the dorsal fins we can identify the groups and study its distribution.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then one of our lookouts observed 7 miles further out a sperm whale’s blow. We headed to that area to use our hydrophone, trying to listen the clicks of sperm whale echolocation. With no results of underwater noises we remained in that area waiting to complete the average diving time of 45 minutes. After that time…nothing. Unfortunately sometimes nature it’s not on our side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another of our lookouts sighted closer to land other resident  species that we hadn’t seen for quite some time: Risso’s dolphins! It was a small group but we could see some babies!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we could observe the differences between adults (full of scars) and calves (completely black). And today we had on board a different kind of guest, a dog!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zuca it’s a female dog that love to travel on board of boats doing whale watching. And today we had the luck to listen her barking to indicate the presence of the dolphins! What a wonderful fluffy lookout! <\/p>\n\n\n\n