tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87071497985144817062024-02-20T10:03:47.470-01:00Azores whale watching FuturismoThe Azores islands are famous for being one of the hottest spots in the world for cetacean observation. Discover this secret islands with Futurismo Azores Whale Watching...We organise tours to see dolphins and whales, with special emphasis on the resident sperm whales.Futurismohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00340792678863686982noreply@blogger.comBlogger2603125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707149798514481706.post-35024493119682222302020-02-13T15:30:00.000-01:002020-02-13T16:49:59.862-01:00Cloudy morning with common dolphins in São Miguel<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today was a cloudy, windy and foggy day, these conditions made </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lookout's work</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> harder. We headed east following their indications and we found a small group of common dolphins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Without more information of animals presence we returned to Ponta Delgada. Work with wildlife means that not every day we had the same luck, hopefully next day will be better!</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707149798514481706.post-57318084982672636572020-02-12T17:11:00.000-01:002020-02-12T17:11:10.441-01:00Several fin whales accompanied by a loggerhead turtle<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a bit of searching we found a very small and calm group of the resident </span><a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/bottlenose-dolphin.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">bottlenose dolphins</a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> although they were not interacting too much, we were able to spot some very distinct individuals what made the sighting very interesting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then we received indication from our lookouts that there were some big animals further away from the coast, everybody got excited with that, but not a bit as excited as when we got there and saw an amazing group of </span><a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/fin-whale.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Fin whales</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the second largest animal in the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the beginning they were not easy to see since they were spending a lot of time diving, but after some patient waiting we got to see almost the full body at the surface, accompanying these giants of the sea we also found a very small <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/06/caretta-caretta-loggerhead-turtle.html">Loggerhead Turtle</a>, that despite its size made our trip much richer!</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707149798514481706.post-85393323196916582672020-02-12T09:53:00.001-01:002020-02-12T09:53:43.160-01:00Sightings Statistics January 2020<br />
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The first month of 2020 is over! Normally they say that January is the harder month of year, but for us it was a month full of surprises!</div>
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The winter time with lots of rainy days just allowed us to go out 13 days. And in total we encountered 7 different cetacean species.</div>
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<br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(18, 20, 22); color: #121416; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">In most of these trips we saw at least 2 different species per trip and our record was in 16th January when we saw 4 species in just one single trip!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Our resident </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/common-dolphin.html">common dolphins</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> didn’t disappoint us as they were the most sighted species in this month with a 85% of frequency. On our observation ranking the second most sighted species was </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/bottlenose-dolphin.html">bottlenose dolphin</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> which was observed in 7 days. And finally our most wanted species: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/sperm-whale.html">sperm whales</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> were successfully seen in 4 days.</span></div>
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But as mentioned before, this month offered us amazing and exciting surprises with non-expected species such as <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html">Atlantic spotted dolphins</a> and <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/pilot-whale-spp.html">pilot whales</a> (mostly sighted during warmer months) and also a <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/fin-whale.html">fin whale</a> and a <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/humpback-whale.html">humpback whale</a> (spotted mostly during spring time). Humpback whales were observed 38% of our trips and we are sure that they spent the whole month in São Miguel Island, because despite the weather not allowing us to go out, our lookouts still spotted them.</div>
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Winter is a great time in São Miguel to see significant species of European winter birds, but is also nice for American vagrants. Apart from <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/yellow-legged-gull-fact-sheet.html">yellow-legged gull</a>, this month we saw several individuals of <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/black-legged-kittiwake-fact-sheet.html">black-legged kittiwakes</a> and <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/great-skua-fact-sheet.html">great skuas</a>, both species coming from the North Atlantic Ocean.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Since this pod was in a feeding frenzy they gave little attention to our boat, so we continued our trip heading a bit further away from the coast and towards the centre of the island where we encountered another pod of common dolphins, this one was bigger and much more interested in us, displaying a relaxed posture and interacting more with the boat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a while with this group, we received indications from one of our lookouts that there was some movement in another area, and could possibly be another species. After arriving and searching for a moment, we had found… another pod of common dolphins! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soon after leaving the Ponta Delgada's harbour we found our first group of common dolphins. This species is resident in our archipelago, which means we can sight them all year round, in different seasons. They were very calm and socializing between them. From our bow, you could even listen to their whistles. Following the advice of our lookouts, we moved to the area where we sighted a humpback whale a couple of days ago.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">São Miguel woke up as a summer day and today was our first trip of February! In the morning, we went to swim with dolphins. Two of our boats went out to spend some time with our resident </span><a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/common-dolphin.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">common dolphins</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> They were travelling and quite spread out so we could see a lot of different pods. </span></div>
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After, we started the afternoon trip with the same dolphins but they were quite elusive so it was a little difficult to see them. </div>
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But suddenly, one of our lookouts saw the jump of a <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/humpback-whale.html">Humpback whale</a>! So we went to the area where this baleen whale was seen, we waited, we waited and we kept on waiting. At the same time, the wind and the waves increased a lot and the task of finding the whale became harder. Finally a blow and the biologists scream started. </div>
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There it was! A small Humpback all the time heading east. We saw two times its fluke and lot of continuous blows. Even when it was diving we could see it because its two pectoral white fins were very close to the surface. So the waiting was worth it! Always worth it!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What an amazing Sunday! We went out on our whale and dolphin watching trip with probably the calmest sea conditions this year, and just outside Ponta Delgada, encountered a small group of our resident <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/common-dolphin.html">common dolphins</a> in a resting behaviour, and therefore, not interacting much with the boat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The pinnacle of the trip happened when we headed almost to the east end of the island to find a beautiful <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/humpback-whale.html">Humpback Whale</a>, although the humpback is not a species we see often in this time of year, it’s the 5th sighting only in this month of January. We found the whale performing short dives, every 4 to 5 minutes it was surfacing with a loud blow, what allowed us to spot it just by the sound of it, before each dive the whale showed the tail, allowing us to take some detailed photos which will become a valuable addition to our photo-id catalogue!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On this Saturday we managed to go out on a whale watching trip and luckily we found a huge group of <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/bottlenose-dolphin.html">bottlenose dolphins</a> that were feeding once we arrived but shortly after got interested in the boat! For the entire time we had dozens of dolphins surrounding us, jumping, socializing, spyhopping and entertaining our guests in the best way possible! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And what a surprise! Further we started to see another different blow, much higher and straight. Without doubt it was a baleen whale blow! But it decided to dive and we couldn't see it closer. In the same area we saw a very very strange thing : pilot whales. </span></div>
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crossing a wall of rain to encounter a beautiful winter day with rainbows all
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group, curious towards our boat; but after a few miles... Hundreds of common
dolphins! They were very spread out, but some were always bow-riding our boats.
We could even see another "black edition" dolphin. As you know,
common dolphins have yellow on the side, but some of the individuals (quite
rare!) they don't! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the sperm whale area, but it was totally covered by the rain. The lookouts
couldn't find the whales anymore... But... we use our secret tool from our
rubber boat: the hydrophone! And guess what... we listen some nice clicks
underwater, which gave our watchmen some new info to re-start the search. We
listen to them in several occasions, and when we didn’t... time to come to the
surface! Our catamaran found the blow and we all had the opportunity to see the
sperm whale a few times. And even to take some photos of it and its amazing
"curly" tail. </span><span style="background: white; color: #3c4043; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Probably a new
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707149798514481706.post-89247488813922164642020-01-18T20:28:00.000-01:002020-01-18T20:29:13.617-01:00A humpback whale and hundreds of dolphins in São Miguel today<br />
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Our lookout had a little difficulty seeing the animals due to the fog. We then
found one common dolphin near a fishing vessels with a group of about 30 very
young bottlenose dolphins. </span></span></div>
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they were eating. From time to time they came close to the vessel, but they
spent most of the sighting eating and doing deep dives.</span></span></div>
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decided to leave the area and move then to an area where we had many common
dolphins, hundreds of very curious common dolphins! Suddenly we saw a blow in
the distance ... and off we went in an attempt to see a whale! Everyone were
very focused, even the customers, looking around to help to find this humpback
whale that it seemed to be playing hide and seek with us. Suddenly the whale
jumped next to our boat, making a big splash. Unfortunately we were unable to
photograph this behavior because the whale decided just to jump one time. </span></span><br />
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continued in the same area trying to see this animal again, but we always saw
the blows in the distance ... but at least the common dolphins accompanied our
entire trip, full of energy to play and jump. </span></span><span lang="pt" style="mso-ansi-language: #0016; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another magical morning!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today we had a typical azorean day! We started the day with a lot of rain and fog... and didn't we end our morning trip with sunshine? In the Azores we should always bring a change of clothes in our backpack, because everything can change ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We received news from our lookouts to continue a little more... because they had seen something different, but still not sure what it was. There we went full of hope and betting on what it would be :D We started with a huge group of over 100 common dolphins, all eating with seagulls ... and in the middle ... A HUMPBACK WHALE! It was sharing breakfast with the friendly and acrobatic common dolphins. It was not an easy sighting, because even if the lookouts sees the animals, there is no guarantee that the animals will want our attention and that's what happened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Ever wondered how we search for whales and
dolphins here in São Miguel? </span></b></span></h3>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2anlfM7tYcesRUmNjoVltbNDR-96-oIUdONc-BTYeRhYkUCPFwTYx5S8QdOnKPZXPLWZtf8hkkK2tsclcuA1Q982YJ-mad4oi4BJblzurRktjsVJq5LTCvCRbahRjXYw7fiakKMp4oFBF/s1600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1431" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2anlfM7tYcesRUmNjoVltbNDR-96-oIUdONc-BTYeRhYkUCPFwTYx5S8QdOnKPZXPLWZtf8hkkK2tsclcuA1Q982YJ-mad4oi4BJblzurRktjsVJq5LTCvCRbahRjXYw7fiakKMp4oFBF/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Figure 1. Vigias view of the North Coast, in search of sperm whales. Photo: Miranda van der Linde </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As you
can see in figure 1 above, we have a person with binoculars looking at the sea.
Milton, Roberto or Coelho are the people on the look-out searching for whales
and dolphins for the whale watching tours. In Portuguese, we call them the
“Vigias”, and this job has existed in the Azores since the whaling times.
Today, besides finding the whales and dolphins and leading the whale watching
and swimming with dolphins boats to them, the “Vigias” collect valuable
scientific data about cetacean occurrence around the island. To learn more
about how the “Vigia” works, you can refer back to our blog that was written by
one of our previous biologists in 2007. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As you
can see, even on the backstage of the activity, our “Vigias” are the “key
element” of our daily whale watching tours here in the Azores, and therefore,
we want to offer them a well-deserved tribute.</span></span></span></div>
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in Futurismo the Biologists normally go to sea with our clients to search for
whales and dolphins from the boats. But recently we have had the chance of
joining the look-out on their daily work. We have experienced it first hand,
and we can say that their job is quite difficult and demanding! Just to give
you an idea of what it is like, this article is about being a Vigia from the biologists’
point of view.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Early mornings…</span></b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
start of the day was tough; we left the house at 6:45 AM to be at the Vigia’s
location by 7. This is because the Vigias need enough time to search for any
whales and dolphins before the whale watching tours leave the harbour. Once we
arrived at the Vigia point, we went inside the small white house on the top of
the cliff and started looking for whales and dolphins through these binoculars. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We (the biologists) searched for about 1 hour and found... nothing! Meanwhile,
at the same time from the same location, the Vigia found two pods of common
dolphins (yes, they can even identify the species from the binoculars!!). Then,
we tried to look through the binoculars where the Vigia spotted the dolphins,
and still nothing…we were looking and looking, but nothing… Then Milton had a
look again and said, on the top right side in the view of the binoculars. So
again, one of us looked and looked and then finally, a splash! A tiny splash!
That must have been the dolphin. And then indeed, from the binoculars, the dolphin
jumping in the sea looked tiny as well. It is an incredible experience to see
how well the eyes of the Vigias have been trained to spot these dolphins and
whales. </span></span><br />
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protected. It was cold, very windy, and the sun straight in front of us. We
could not even feel our fingers anymore, neither could the Vigia. One hour of
searching, but no sign of any animals…When we looked into the sun, it was quite
a blind spot, as you can see in figure 2, it hurts the eyes and makes it even
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At this point, we were all the way on the other side of the island. Here our
view was very wide. We were very high, and very exposed, so the scanning of the
entire area was even more difficult. In figure 3 you can see the red lines
which have been added to the picture to represent the approximate width (so the
area between one line and the next) of what the binoculars cover. You can
imagine how long it takes to search for whales and dolphins covering the entire
field! But wow, what a view! Here it was nice and warm too, and there was a
Vigia shelter if the sun was too hot, so it was more comfortable too. It was so
relaxing to scan the sea over here.</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></div>
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had found a whale, and was able to identify it! It was a Fin whale! So the
biologists had a look through the binoculars and nothing….nothing….! Being a
vigia requires quite a lot of patience, effort, and experience. Sometimes the
whales dive as well and then it is hard to spot the blow of the whale again,
particularly if it is travelling fast and out of sight of the binoculars. Try
to find the blow of the whale again, it is not easy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The vigia took over again and had another
look. A couple of minutes later, and BLOW! Let’s try again….we had another look
and indeed, a small tiny blow! Figure 4 recreated a blow of what it looked like
to us through the binoculars. It looked small, and this was easier to see than
the dolphins, as in reality, the blow of a fin whale can reach up to 6 meters,
and common dolphins are only 2.3 meters maximum, so you can imagine the
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have different conditions, different sea state, different temperatures,
sometimes sheltered and comfortable, sometimes open exposed and cold, sometimes
very hot. The conditions vary, even on the same day and on the same island! And
sometimes the vigias do not see anything. But when they do…it is spectacular!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As usual, our resident species were the most sighted species and the winner was… the <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/common-dolphin.html">common dolphin</a>! They were present in over 80% of our trips, making the importance of the island for them noticeable on a yearly basis.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following this, we have the <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/bottlenose-dolphin.html">bottlenose dolphins</a> whom, despite being present at 60% of our trips, we missed a lot in the summertime. Compared to other years, we did not have as many sightings, but every time we saw them it was simply amazing with high and spectacular jumps!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Third on the list is the <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/sperm-whale.html">sperm whale</a>, and these animals gave us quite a show in each season of this year. Big families, breaches, a bunch of different males including several visits of Mr. Liable (who was again our most re-sighted individual), births, and pretty much every kind of behaviour we can imagine! This last year was truly fantastic for this species and we even ended the year with over ten sperm whales altogether.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html">Atlantic spotted </a></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html">dolphins</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> were one of the biggest surprises, since they arrived in our</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In general, we had a weaker year when it came down to baleen whales. We see most of them during the springtime, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">however this year was an exception and we did not have as many sightings as previous years. The species we saw the least were <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/fin-whale.html">fin whales</a>. Where were they? We don’t know. Some years like <a href="https://azoreswhales.blogspot.com/2018/01/2017-whale-and-dolphin-highlights.html">2017</a> we see fin whales almost every day in the springtime! Comparing frequencies of sightings, the difference is striking: sightings over 30% of the trips in 2017 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">versus 5% this year!</span></div>
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Today was very chill and cloudy, what gave the sea a dark coloration, making it a bit harder to find the animals, although, despite the conditions, our lookouts gave us indication to head east of the island.</div>
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During the trip there, we had the company of a small group of one of our resident species, the common dolphin, swiming alongside us but not interacting that much.</div>
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Moments after arriving to the location our lookout pointed, a juvenile Sperm Whale’s blow was spotted, the first of 2020, after just a bit on the surface we stopped seeing him, and a few minutes later we were very lucky to find an adult with its calve in what was very likely a feeding behaviour (mother feeding its calve).<br />
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After a few moments the adult dove, returning to its own feeding pattern. Two more sperm whales were seen when we were leaving the area but it was running late and we wanted a bit more time close to dolphins.</div>
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We got closer to the Island and our lookout spotted the best pod of dolphins of the morning and they were feeding, our faithfull common dolphins made an entertainig appearance, a group of about 50 individuals aproaching and swiming alongside the boat. It was the perfect way to end our Sunday trip.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A foggy morning that soon turned into a sunny one! We went out to the sea and there was a bit of fog around the area making our trip somewhat more mysterious. We, however, managed to find a small pod of common dolphins! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were milling and avoiding the boats a little so we continued to search for something else. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quite soon after that we found another (different) group of common dolphins. This, too, was a group of about 15-20 individuals. Their behaviour was completely different from the last group! They were very actively foraging and the seagulls were active as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This second group of common dolphins we saw one dolphin that looked strange. It was one of the black editions! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2 years we identified 5 different dolphins that have this strange coloration, lacking the yellow color next to the eye, and in this case having only a small stripe of yellow under the eye (see photo). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We call these dolphins the "black edition". We compared the individual to our catalogue of common dolphins and this individual has not been seen before, so now we have 6 black editions!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We approached this group and saw a huge school of fish! We understood why the dolphins were so active here. It was full of food! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We even saw some fish jumping out of the water. In the meantime we also saw some mating activity going on in front of the boat. It was a lovely pod of dolphins to view. By this time the sun has come out, making our trip more pleasant and warm. We were lucky to spend the way back to Ponta Delgada bathing in the sun and enjoying the wind in our backs.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707149798514481706.post-75690040537836947502020-01-05T10:00:00.000-01:002020-01-05T10:00:01.254-01:00Sightings Statistics December 2019<div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although we did not have many trips in December, we had a range of some surprising species. In between the storms we had 7 morning trips, and saw 7 different species!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We saw the <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/sperm-whale.html">sperm whales</a>, <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/common-dolphin.html">common dolphins</a> and to our surprise we saw <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html">Atlantic spotted dolphins</a>, all on 66.7% of our trips! Our resident species are the sperm whales and common dolphins, so these were usual for the time of the year. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The spotted dolphins, however, only stay around the Azores when the water temperature is warm enough for them, which is about 20 degrees Celsius. This usually decrease towards the end of October or November, and this is when the spotted dolphins start to migrate towards warmer waters in the South. This year, seeing so many spotted dolphins in December was unusual!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The other unusual species that we saw this time of the year were the <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/humpback-whale.html">humpback whales</a> and the <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/fin-whale.html">fin whales</a>, which we saw on 11% of our trips. The baleen whale species are generally seen in the Spring time when they migrate north, and their general migratory pattern is towards the South around the autumn/winter time, towards the breeding grounds. However, this is not black and white, and we don’t see baleen whales often in December. So, it seemed as if these species we a little out of place. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then we saw the <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/bottlenose-dolphin.html">bottlenose dolphins</a> on 33% of the trips, and the <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/rissos-dolphin.html">Risso’s dolphins</a> 11% of the trips. These species are both residents in the Azores and can be seen throughout the whole year. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Another migratory species seen in the beginning of December (all the way until the 13</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> of December) was the <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/corys-shearwater-fact-sheet.html">Cory’s shearwater</a>. These seabirds come to the Azores in the springtime to breed and head back to the sea towards the end of October. They, too, stayed in the Azores longer than usual. Perhaps the climate had an effect on their migratory patterns. We observed large flocks of Cory’s- and <a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/great-shearwater-fact-sheet_3172.html">Great shearwaters</a> with a lot of spotted dolphins foraging. We even saw large tuna’s in these feeding frenzy’s, so perhaps the migratory species stayed in the area because of the prey availability. Climate and water temperature could have affected this too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was another sunny day at sea today, and once again the ocean was filled with </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://azoreswhales.blogspot.pt/2007/07/common-dolphin.html">common dolphins</a></span>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There were various groups displaying a different behaviour. Some were foraging, some were traveling, some had great jumps, and some were diving a lot. Again, we recognized some dolphins that were seen yesterday, so a part of the pod was the same. However, we saw a lot more dolphins today.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy new year! Today we had our first trip of 2020 and it was filled with dolphins We had a beautiful sunny day with a bit of swell after the bad weather of last week. But that did not stop us from having an awesome trip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2019 has arrived to an end. But it was a truly wonderful year. Thank you for being with us all the time, we are committed to improve every single day and the daily blogs will continue so you know what's going on in the sea and which species visit us. Now let's dream about the wonderful encounters and photos 2020 will bring :)</span></div>
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