{"id":774,"date":"2017-06-05T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/05\/a-day-with-5-species\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:36:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:36:23","slug":"a-day-with-5-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-day-with-5-species\/","title":{"rendered":"A day with 5 species"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nWe had a
\nbeautiful day today; the ocean was full of life proving that the Azores is one
\nof the best places in the world to see whales and dolphins.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIn the
\nmorning we saw the three species of dolphins that are resident in these
\nislands. We started with a big group of common dolphins<\/a> that, as usual, were
\nfriendly with the boat approaching us really close. The second species of
\ndolphin that we saw was the bottlenose dolphin<\/a>, they were socializing with each
\nother, we could see some of them mating and jumping out of the water, probably trying
\nto show off\u2026  In the same area of the
\nbottlenose dolphins we found a pod of Risso\u2019s dolphins<\/a>! They were travelling
\nreally fast, it looked like some bottlenose dolphins were chasing after the
\nRisso\u2019s dolphins, sometimes it is possible to see different species travelling
\nor socializing with each other in a friendly way but today it seemed that they
\nwere not.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\nOur encounters with the whales in the morning
\nwere really good too. We saw the largest animals in the world travelling
\ntogether. At least 5 fin whales <\/a>(including a mom and a calf) together with a blue whale<\/a>. This association is not strange for us, in our waters we see both
\nspecies travelling together sometimes, and actually, hybrids of fin whales and
\nblue whales are well documented.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIn the afternoon tour we manage to see lots of bottlenose dolphins, spread out not very far from the coast. We found later on a small group of common dolpins, even without babies this time. Whales were not so easy to find as in the morning, but we tried, and finally we found it! A fin whale again completed our afternoon trip.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nPhotos from today:<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nRisso’s dolphin at the surface<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nTwo fin whales together<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFin whale (note the white color from the right side of the lower jaw)<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
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Risso’s dolphins surfacing with Ponta Delgada as background<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n
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<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue whale surfacing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common dolphin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bottlenose dolphins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/div>\n
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