{"id":986,"date":"2016-07-18T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/18\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:22","slug":"a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"A sunny day with spring and summer species"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\nIt’s been a fantastic sunny day in S\u00e3o Miguel and we have enjoyed it out on the ocean encountering some of our resident dolphin species as well as seasonal and migratory species that typically occur here during the spring to summer time. In the morning we started with a group of our resident common dolphins<\/a>, who were curious and keen to swim with our boats like usual. Further to the east we encountered a fin whale<\/a> which we all managed to see. From one of our boats further to the east some northern bottlenose whales<\/a> were also seen from a distance and from another boat some striped dolphins<\/a> among a feeding group of common dolphins and Cory’s shearwaters<\/a>. The final species of the morning was the Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/a>, a common summer time species. In the afternoon we started with the common dolphins again and then set of further out to see a group of pilot whales<\/a>. It was only our second encounter with them this year, so it was a privelege. It was great to see some small babies in the group too. We ended the afternoon with two large fin whales closer to shore. So, today it was whales and dolphins for all again!<\/div>\n

Photos from the morning:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nWatching common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFin whale, showing its blowholes<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFin whale curving its back to dive<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nA flock of Cory’s shearwaters<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nAtlantic spotted dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nAnother common dolphin encounter<\/i><\/div>\n

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

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nCommon dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nCommon dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nPilot whale mother with its calf in front<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nPilot whales<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nPilot whale<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nPilot whale<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFin whale blow<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFin whale<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFin whale<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFootprint of the fin whale<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s been a fantastic sunny day in S\u00e3o Miguel and we have enjoyed it out on the ocean…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[179,10,27,4,118,90,76],"yoast_head":"\nA sunny day with spring and summer species - 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\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A sunny day with spring and summer species - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It’s been a fantastic sunny day in S\u00e3o Miguel and we have enjoyed it out on the ocean…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-18T18:34:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-22T22:35:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSC_0894-CC3B3pia-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"426\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\">\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\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSC_0894-CC3B3pia-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSC_0894-CC3B3pia-1.png\",\"width\":426,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/\",\"name\":\"A sunny day with spring and summer species - Azores Whales\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-18T18:34:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-22T22:35:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c4e17ba0d78db15bcf2fa76aa3fc5ac8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-sunny-day-with-spring-and-summer\/#webpage\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c4e17ba0d78db15bcf2fa76aa3fc5ac8\",\"name\":\"azwhales\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be196191820a99b250b57dc8ecb79906?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be196191820a99b250b57dc8ecb79906?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"azwhales\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16674,"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions\/16674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}