{"id":541,"date":"2018-04-30T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/30\/sperm-whale-day-whale-residents-came-to\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:37","slug":"sperm-whale-day-whale-residents-came-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sperm-whale-day-whale-residents-came-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm whale day! The whale residents came to visit us!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Throughout the day we saw fin whales, the second largest<br \/>\nanimal in the world, that we are seeing more frequently in the baleen whale season. Also we could spot some common dolphins but the stars of<br \/>\nour day were the Sperm whales! We could see a family of 5 adult individuals and<br \/>\n2 new-born calves! A big group of cory&#8217;s shearwaters were also seen during our tours and an outsider bird specie the&nbsp;Eurasian collared dove.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">An amazing day in the company of our whale residents!&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In Pico<br \/>\nIsland we saw 3 fin whales and a hybrid between a blue and fin whale. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fin-whale-head-28129.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fin-whale-head-28129.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Fin whale head<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fin-whale-head-28229.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fin-whale-head-28229.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fin whale head<\/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\/04\/Looking-at-the-fin-whale-in-our-species-guide-book.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Looking-at-the-fin-whale-in-our-species-guide-book.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Looking at the fin whale in our species guide book<\/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\/04\/Sperm-whale.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sperm-whale.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Sperm whale<\/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\/04\/Sperm-whales.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sperm-whales.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whales<\/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\/04\/Young-sperm-whale-swimming-towards-and-adult.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Young-sperm-whale-swimming-towards-and-adult.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><i style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whales<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Watching-common-dolphins.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Watching-common-dolphins.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Common dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cory_s-shearwaters.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cory_s-shearwaters.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Cory&#8217;s shearwater<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eurasian-collared-dove-28em-PortuguC3AAs-Rola-turca29-uma-espC3A9cie-nC3A3o-dos-AC3A7ores.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eurasian-collared-dove-28em-PortuguC3AAs-Rola-turca29-uma-espC3A9cie-nC3A3o-dos-AC3A7ores.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Eurasian collared dove<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30947977_10204087396541344_162125936_o.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"371\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30947977_10204087396541344_162125936_o.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Fin whale &#8211; 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