{"id":503,"date":"2018-06-03T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/03\/a-grey-day-in-company-of-marine-wildlife\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:49","slug":"a-grey-day-in-company-of-marine-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-grey-day-in-company-of-marine-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"A grey day in the company of marine wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Looks like the animals are not bothered by the weather!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In the morning we started with a national geographic moment, common dolphins and striped dolphins in a very big group all feeding alongside with a lot of seabirds&#8230; Breakfast time!&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Common-dolphin-feeding.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"534\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Common-dolphin-feeding.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Common dolphins feeding<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Common-dolphin.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"533\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Common-dolphin.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Common dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cory_s-shearwater.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"558\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cory_s-shearwater.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Cory&#8217;s Shearwater<\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pp-Caravela-portugesaEDIT.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"493\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pp-Caravela-portugesaEDIT.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Portuguese Man-o-war<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/edit.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"534\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/edit.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Zodiac boat<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">After we went really far away, we could see Santa Maria island perfectly, and we were with some<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> sperm whales,<\/a> the biggest predator in the world and also the animal with the biggest brain in the world (the size of a basketball). We ended this tour with some <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphins.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pm-cachalote-28229.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"628\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pm-cachalote-28229.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Sperm whale<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In the afternoon a big group of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a> very close to Ponta Delgada, surfing the waves and playing with the boats. The bottlenose dolphins were again the last species of the tour.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Dd-golfinho-comum-28229.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"421\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Dd-golfinho-comum-28229.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looks like the animals are not bothered by the weather! 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