{"id":941,"date":"2016-08-31T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/31\/august-2016-sighting-statistics\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:37","slug":"august-2016-sighting-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/august-2016-sighting-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2016 sighting statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAugust came and went very quickly this year. It has been a very busy month for us, as the summer has been in general. This month the spectacular weather allowed us to go out on the ocean all but one day of the month. During every day and every tour we had some amazing cetacean encounters. During the whole month we encountered a total of 9 different dolphin and whale species (see this list and daily statistics below). As well as whales and dolphins, during August we also had encounters with <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/06\/caretta-caretta-loggerhead-turtle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">loggerhead turtles<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/dermochelys-coriacea-leatherback-turtle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leatherback turtle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/manta-ray-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">manta rays<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/devil-ray-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">devil rays<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/hammerhead-shark-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hammerhead shark<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/yellowfin-tuna-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">yellowfin tuna<\/a>, plenty of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/flying-fish-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flying fish<\/a> and also some flying squid.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/829Agosto2016sightingsgraph.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/829Agosto2016sightingsgraph.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Common dolphin (<i>Delphinus delphis<\/i>)<\/a> &#8211; 90%<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bottlenose dolphin (<i>Tursiops truncatus<\/i>)<\/a> &#8211; 93%<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlantic spotted dolphin (<i>Stenella frontalis<\/i>)<\/a> &#8211; 77%<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/striped-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Striped dolphin (<i>Stenella coeruleoalba<\/i>)<\/a> &#8211; 13%<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/rissos-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Risso&#8217;s dolphin (Grampus griseus)<\/a> &#8211; 30%<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/pilot-whale-spp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pilot whale (<i>Globicephala spp<\/i>.)<\/a> &#8211; 3%<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/beaked-whale-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beaked whale species (<i>Mesoplodon spp<\/i>.)<\/a> &#8211; 23%<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sperm whale (<i>Physeter macrocephalus<\/i>)<\/a> &#8211; 60%<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/fin-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fin whale (<i>Balaenoptera physalus<\/i>)<\/a> &#8211; 10%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August came and went very quickly this year. 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