{"id":857,"date":"2017-01-20T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/20\/dolphins-close-to-ponta-delgada\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:58","slug":"dolphins-close-to-ponta-delgada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-close-to-ponta-delgada\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins close to Ponta Delgada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nToday we didn&#8217;t have to travel far to see our resident <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a>. We had several feeding groups spread out over a large area close to the marina of Ponta Delgada where we depart from. They must have been having their breakfast, as for most part of the morning we saw them together with a lot of birds (<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/yellow-legged-gull-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">yellow-legged gulls<\/a>) herding what must have been a school of fish beneath the surface. When the feeding ended we also got to enjoy seeing the dolphins a bit closer to the boat as they came to check us out and play in the waves in front of our boat.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<b><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">Photos from today:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\"><i>&nbsp;Feeding area<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/01\/2-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Common dolphin<\/i><\/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\/01\/3-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Common dolphin<\/i><\/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\/01\/4-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><i>Lagoa do Fogo<\/i><\/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\/01\/5.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/5.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;open sans&quot;; font-size: 14px;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Common dolphin<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we didn&#8217;t have to travel far to see our resident common dolphins. 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