{"id":582,"date":"2018-03-01T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/01\/february-2018-sighting-and-statistics\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:25","slug":"february-2018-sighting-and-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/february-2018-sighting-and-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2018 Sighting and statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In February we already encountered 5 different whale and dolphin<br \/>\nspecies in S<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00e3<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">o Miguel Island. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/229February2018sightingsgraph.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"521\" data-original-width=\"796\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/229February2018sightingsgraph.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Our statistics from February show that the most encountered species<br \/>\nwas our resident:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;\">\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphin<\/a> (<span style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;\">76 <\/span>% sighting frequency);<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphin<\/a> (41%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/fin-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fin whale<\/a> (<span style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;\">29<\/span>%).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">One more whale species was encountered (sperm whales (<span style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;\">18<\/span>%)) as well as other dolphin species (striped<br \/>\ndolphin (<span style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;\">6<\/span>%). <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This month we also saw our first Cory<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2019<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">s shearwater and<br \/>\nPortuguese Man-o-War. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><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\/03\/Fevereiro2018-1024x725.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"794\" data-original-width=\"1122\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fevereiro2018-1024x725.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Now we are looking forward to seeing what the month of March will<br \/>\nbring us.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; 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