{"id":831,"date":"2017-03-21T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/21\/welcome-springtime\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:36:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:36:07","slug":"welcome-springtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/welcome-springtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome springtime!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\nWhat a great way to start the springtime! We started our day with an nice trip in the morning with faboulus encounters with <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/fin-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fin whales<\/a>! Today the see was calm and they performed a beautifull show of blows. We also saw <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/rissos-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Risso&#8217;s dolphins,<\/a> with some babies in the group as well as curious <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins <\/a>playing and bowriding our catamaran. In the afternoon it was the turn of the rest of our residente species, we went to the west quiet a long trip until we encounter some <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sperm whales;<\/a> the whales were very active, approaching one of our zodiac boat; one of them even breached close to our catamaran. Coming back to Ponta Delgada we encounter a group of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a>, the very&nbsp; well know bubblemaker&#8217;s family; a group of at least 30 dolphins that are very happy to play with our bow. So as you see springtime has started the best way possible here in Futurismo \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<b><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">Some photos of our tours:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"text-align: left;\">Fin whales:<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero8-1.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero8-1.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/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\/LauraOtero6-3.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero6-3.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero9.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero9.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero5-3.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero5-3.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b><span style=\"color: #3d85c6;\"><\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #3d85c6;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Sperm whales:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: #3d85c6;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero11.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero11.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero7-2.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero7-2.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero10.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero10.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero12.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero12.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"color: #3d85c6;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\"><b>Risso&#8217;s dolphins:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero2-4.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero2-4.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero4-2.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero4-2.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero3-2.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero3-2.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #3d85c6;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Bottlenose dolphins:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/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\/LauraOtero14.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero14.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/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\/LauraOtero15.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero15.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/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\/LauraOtero16.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LauraOtero16.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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