{"id":827,"date":"2017-03-25T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/25\/spring-sometimes-preaches-some-prank-s\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:36:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:36:07","slug":"spring-sometimes-preaches-some-prank-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/spring-sometimes-preaches-some-prank-s\/","title":{"rendered":"The first sei whales of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSpring sometimes preaches some pranks. Today it was windy day and the sea began to get angry, not like the last days. Luckily, we were able to see three <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sei-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sei whales<\/a> sailing at high speed through the waves. At first we still had some doubts about what kind it was, but in one of his breaths it was possible to see that it was a very dark whale and with the right side of the lower jaw&nbsp;really dark. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish the baleen whales, but after some practice we can distinguish using the shape and size of the dorsal fins and also their coloration.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nWe can then say that we saw the FIRST SEI WHALES of the YEAR !!<\/div>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">Photos from today:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><i>Sei whale<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Sei whale<\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<i style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;\">Sei whale<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spring sometimes preaches some pranks. 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