{"id":900,"date":"2016-10-19T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/19\/wonderful-autumn\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:46","slug":"wonderful-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wonderful-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful autumn!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\nIt is not
\nsummer time anymore in the Azores, but we are really happy with the sightings
\nthat we have had in autumn so far. <\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nIn the
\nmorning our lookout gave us the indications to find a friendly group of
\nbottlenose dolphins<\/a>. We found a group that we know very well\u2026”bubblemaker’s” group! It is always a pleasure to see them; they are usually calm and
\nfriendly towards the boat, allowing our clients to take beautiful pictures of
\nthem. These pictures are also really important for our research as we are doing
\nphoto identification.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nAfter the
\ndolphins, we headed further away from the coast (about 8 miles) to find a fin whale<\/a>.
\nThe fin whale from today had the same behavior as the fin whales we
\nencountered yesterday: coming to the surface just for one or two blows and
\ngoing down, surfacing in a different place every time.<\/span>It was difficult to see
\nthe whale but our clients could see the blow several times and even its dorsal
\nfin.<\/div>\n
\n
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\nIn the
\nafternoon we found a nice group of about 30 to 40 false killer whales<\/a>. In the Azores
\nfalse killer whales are sighted occasionally, this year we have seen them eight
\ntimes so far.<\/span>We are
\nalways really excited about seeing this species as they are not shy towards boats
\nand are frequently seen riding bow waves. Today we had the opportunity to see these animals feeding on tuna. Like the orcas (also known as killer whales), false killer whales can feed on dolphins and whales, but they feed more commonly on large fish and squid. <\/span><\/span>Our whale watching boat found a group of bottlenose dolphins and the swimming with dolphins boat also found common dolphins<\/a> to end the afternoon tour.<\/div>\n
\n
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\n
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\nPhotos from the morning:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n


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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFin whale seen directly from behind<\/i><\/div>\n


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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nClients aboard our catamaran watching the false killer whales<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBaby false killer whale surfacing alongside its mother<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nEye to eye with a false killer whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFalse killer whale hunting tuna (you can see the yellow fin of the tuna and the pink meat in the water)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nFalse killer whale with a piece of tuna meat in its mouth (the pink part on the right side of the photo)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPlenty of seabirds came to take pieces of the tuna the false killer whales were hunting<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nBottlenose dolphin face<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nThis bottlenose dolphin was very curious…<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nand acrobatic<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nA well-known member from the bottlenose dolphin group<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is not summer time anymore in the Azores, but we are really happy with the sightings that…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[179,3,201,10,162,27,4,57,244,79,110],"yoast_head":"\nWonderful autumn! - Azores Whales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wonderful-autumn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wonderful autumn! - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is not summer time anymore in the Azores, but we are really happy with the sightings that…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wonderful-autumn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-19T18:22:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-22T22:35:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LauraOtero281829.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"788\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Azores Whales\",\"description\":\"Azores Whale Watching Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wonderful-autumn\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LauraOtero281829.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LauraOtero281829.png\",\"width\":940,\"height\":788},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wonderful-autumn\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wonderful-autumn\/\",\"name\":\"Wonderful autumn! 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