{"id":56944,"date":"2021-03-20T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=56944"},"modified":"2021-03-22T14:38:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T15:38:02","slug":"dolphins-and-sea-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-sea-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins and sea birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">First northern gannet seen from the boat this year at the end of their season!<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Finally our catamaran 4 Ventos navigated again after a long break. Just a few minutes after boarding we saw a small group of common dolphins close to the coast. They were quite scattered and likely foraging. <\/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\/2021\/03\/1-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56945\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56945\" class=\"wp-image-56945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-2.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-2-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/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\/2021\/03\/2-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56947\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56947\" class=\"wp-image-56947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-2.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-2-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-2-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After that we saw a another group, around 12 individuals of the same species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing the trip we spotted a group of adults and juveniles bottlenose dolphins that were very social and even bow riding. <\/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\/2021\/03\/1-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56949\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56949\" class=\"wp-image-56949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-3-800x533.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\/2021\/03\/2-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56951\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56951\" class=\"wp-image-56951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-3-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meanwhile our lookouts saw a blow of a whale far away from the coast, but when we arrived there we didn&#8217;t find the individual. <\/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\/2021\/03\/3-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56953\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56953\" class=\"wp-image-56953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-2.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-2-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/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\/2021\/03\/4-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56955\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56955\" class=\"wp-image-56955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-2.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-2-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-2-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After searching a while for its appearance we started returning to the coast, when we encountered quickly some species of both dolphins that we saw before, the common and the bottlenose dolphin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover we saw a loggerhead turtle and some Portuguese man of war. Another highlight of the tour was the sight of a northern gannet. A guest which occasionally appears in the cooler time of the year. Apart from this rare found we had the more common bird species like the Cory&#8217;s shearwater, the yellow legged gull, black-legged kittiwake and even Manx shearwater.<\/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\/2021\/03\/3-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56957\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56957\" class=\"wp-image-56957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-3-800x533.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\/2021\/03\/4-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56959\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56959\" class=\"wp-image-56959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4-3-800x533.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\/2021\/03\/5-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56961\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56961\" class=\"wp-image-56961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5-3-800x533.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\/2021\/03\/6-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56963\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/6-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56963\" class=\"wp-image-56963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/6-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/6-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/6-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/6-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/6-3-800x533.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\/2021\/03\/7-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56965\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/7-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56965\" class=\"wp-image-56965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/7-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/7-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/7-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/7-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/7-3-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>It was again a great journey! 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