Hello everyone,

Today we had an amazing time at sea!
We started with a group of Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis). We could see calves swimming with their moms, we could also hear a lot of whistles trough the hydrophone.

Then we got a big big surprise! Our lookout found a Baleen Whale!!!!!!!!

Yes, normally we see them during spring time but the species we saw, Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) we can actually spot them between April to July. There was 2 animals side by side about 7 miles from coast.

 

Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) – photo from the tour.

 

Then to finish our tour we had an amazing group of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella frontalis) with a feeding behavior together with a big group of Cory’s Shearwater, also feeding.

 

Pod of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella frontalis) feeding, surrounded by Cory´s Shearwater – photo from our folder.

Vanessa Costa

About Vanessa Costa

Vanessa is Marine Biologist and Marine Wildlife Guide and is responsible for Environmental Conservation at TERRA AZUL. She enjoys being out in the ocean with Wildlife accompanying visitors and collecting field imagery and data for local Cetaceans and Sea Turtles Research & Conservation projects.

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