{"id":65663,"date":"2021-08-07T20:22:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T21:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=65663"},"modified":"2021-08-07T20:22:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T21:22:38","slug":"pilot-whales-sperm-whales-and-rissos-in-pico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/pilot-whales-sperm-whales-and-rissos-in-pico\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot whales, Sperm whales and Risso&#8217;s in Pico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today it was a windy day and also pretty cold for the month of August and the news from our lookout weren&#8217;t the best at the time to go out at sea. Despite the conditions, the motivation was here, for the crew as much as for the Guests! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we weren&#8217;t disappointed about the trips, indeed we found <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sperm-whale\/\">Sperm whales<\/a> in the morning and in the afternoon! <\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/12-3.png\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/12-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65674\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/12-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=65674\" class=\"wp-image-65674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/12-3.png 1000w, 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alt=\"\" data-id=\"65686\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/14-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=65686\" class=\"wp-image-65686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/14-3.png 1000w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/14-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/14-3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/14-3-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/14-3-380x285.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/14-3-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, we spotted a calm pod of <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/pilot-whale-spp\/\">pilot whales<\/a> with calves clinging to their mothers, even passing pretty close to our boat, which is a not so common behaviour with the short-finned Pilot whale. <\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1-1.png\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65666\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=65666\" class=\"wp-image-65666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1-1.png 1000w, 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height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65676\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=65676\" class=\"wp-image-65676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4-2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4-2-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4-2-380x285.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4-2-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2.png\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65682\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=65682\" class=\"wp-image-65682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2-380x285.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5-2-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6-2.png\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65690\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=65690\" class=\"wp-image-65690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6-2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6-2-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6-2-380x285.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/6-2-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And we had a very nice sighting of a well-known resident group of males <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/rissos-dolphin\/\">Risso&#8217;s dolphins<\/a>, passing peacefully at our side. <\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7-2.png\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65672\" 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height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65678\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=65678\" class=\"wp-image-65678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-1-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-1-380x285.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-1-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9-1.png\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65684\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=65684\" class=\"wp-image-65684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9-1-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9-1-380x285.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9-1-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-2.png\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65688\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=65688\" class=\"wp-image-65688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-2-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-2-380x285.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-2-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/11-2.png\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/11-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65692\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/11-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=65692\" class=\"wp-image-65692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/11-2.png 1000w, 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