{"id":54227,"date":"2020-09-08T13:40:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T14:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=54227"},"modified":"2020-09-08T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:45:09","slug":"two-species-of-dolphins-in-sao-miguel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/two-species-of-dolphins-in-sao-miguel\/","title":{"rendered":"Two species of dolphins in S\u00e3o Miguel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On three windy days we couldn&#8217;t go to the sea!&nbsp;&nbsp;Finally we enjoyed again a sunny and bright day.<br>We were navigating to the open ocean trying to find the ceteceans of the Azores! We were so excited looking everywhere for them. Expecting a call from our lookout or trusting the eagle eyes of our biologist!<br>We definitely couldn&#8217;t wait to be among dolphins and whales in their natural habitat again!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 30 minutes the futurismo boats were able to sight a beautiful and huge group of <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/common-dolphin\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/common-dolphin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">common dolphins<\/a> (Delphinus delphis).&nbsp; These dolphins are called like that because it is a species with a widely spread distribution. Azores is not the exception and they live here the whole year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54228\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54228\" class=\"wp-image-54228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-2.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-2-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-2-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54230\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54230\" class=\"wp-image-54230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-1.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-1-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-1-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54232\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54232\" class=\"wp-image-54232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-2.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-2-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-2-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of our zodiacs could watch a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a> (Tursiups truncatus), the pod was composed by adults and juveniles! They were joining the small boat for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54234\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54234\" class=\"wp-image-54234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-2.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-2-380x253.png 380w, 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https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-2-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54238\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54238\" class=\"wp-image-54238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-2.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-2-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-2-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other members of our crew participated in the beach clean up of Santa Barbara in the North of the San Miguel island, organised by Expolab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-4.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54252\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-4.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/two-species-of-dolphins-in-sao-miguel\/1-4-35\/\" class=\"wp-image-54252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-4.png 900w, 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