{"id":504,"date":"2018-06-02T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/02\/sunny-day-with-lots-of-animals-perfect\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:49","slug":"sunny-day-with-lots-of-animals-perfec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sunny-day-with-lots-of-animals-perfec\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunny day with lots of animals. The perfect tour!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Today was the day of big pods!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">The bottlenose dolphins never let us down! In the morning we started with a big group of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a> going really fast and jumping in the front of the boat splashing the people from the small boat.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bottlenose-dolphins-bubbles.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"547\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bottlenose-dolphins-bubbles.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Bottlenose dolphin making bubbles<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">It is always special when clients get passionate about the sighting. One of our little clients&nbsp;baptized one special bottlenose dolphin with half it&#8217;s tail as <i>Halfie.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/halfie.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\/halfie.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Halfie half tail<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">After we went to an area with&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sperm whales<\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">, we had around 10 in the group. One of the whales come really close to our boat and we could see a lot of white marks in the dorsal.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sperm-Whales-dorsals.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\/Sperm-Whales-dorsals.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Sperm whales pod<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pm-cachalote-a-aproximar-do-barcoEDIT.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"535\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pm-cachalote-a-aproximar-do-barcoEDIT.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whale approaching our boat<\/i><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the afternoon we started with a very acrobatic group of bottlenose dolphins, always jumping and playing with the boat looking at us sometimes. For the third time this year we found a species of dolphins that looks like that is always late for something. A pod of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/striped-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">striped dolphins<\/a> with more than 100 animals, normally this species, here in the Azores, swims really fast and don&#8217;t wait for us.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , 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\/Striped-Dolphin-jump.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\/Striped-Dolphin-jump.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Striped dolphin jumping<\/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\/Striped-dolphins-running.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\/Striped-dolphins-running.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Striped dolphins jumping<\/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\/Pm-cachalote-a-mergulhaEDITr.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"535\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pm-cachalote-a-mergulhaEDITr.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whale tail<\/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\/Pm-cachalote-a-mergulhar-28229EDIT.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"535\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pm-cachalote-a-mergulhar-28229EDIT.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whale tail<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In our third tour, we had a surprise! <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sei-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sei whale<\/a>! Looks like the baleen whale season is still on!&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sei-Whale.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\/Sei-Whale.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><i>Sei whale<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today was the day of big pods! 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