32.512719, -16.509508
~ 32.646104, -16.910663
We awoke early in the morning and after a couple of hours
had made our move to leave the island. The
Berthelot’s Pipits and Atlantic
Canaries were still hanging around the camp; showing as well as they had
been the previous day.
The journey back was much the same as the crossing coming,
with exceptional views of Bulwer’s
Petrels and Cory’s Shearwaters.
The Pterodroma petrel count was up to
19, with most moving past distantly, but with the occasional bird coming quite
close. As before, all the birds that we were able to identify we assigned to Desertas Petrel. The highlight of the
return trip was an awesome Bryde’s Whale
which emerged from the waves not far from the boat. We saw it emerge a few
times, each time giving an impressive spout. It was fortunate that the animal
was as close to the boat, the choppy nature of the ocean otherwise making it difficult
to pick out cetaceans against the waves.
Upon our return to the Madeiran mainland we made our way
back to the hostel where we gathered our things and headed off to the airport
for our return flight.
-Bryde's Whale
-Pterodroma Petrel
-Cory's Shearwater
Species List:
Ventura do Mar;
Desertas Islands trip: Cory’s Shearwater, Bulwer’s Petrel, Desertas Petrel,
Common Tern, Yellow-legged Gull, Berthelot’s Pipit, Atlantic Canary, Bryde’s Whale, Madeiran Wall Lizard,
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