Sierra

Sierra has recently had a small nick on her fin. She was almost without exception with Johnny and Ponce. Often she came to the boat and you could see her saw-like notches on the dorsal fin.

With her rather small dorsal fin, Sierra is easily recognisable. She was travelling exclusively in the family of Ponce, the remarkable male. We spotted her 25 times between March and November.

Sierra and Ponce were always travelling together. We recorded them 23 times. Sierra is an agile female and Ponce represents the handsome macho in the family, which always comprised 6-8 animals.

We have seen Sierra 11 times in this short season, the first time on the 22 July. The impressive male Ponce was at her side 6 times. They were also together at the big pilot whale meeting at the end of August.

As usual, we saw Sierra most often with Ponce. But she was also often accompanied by Sonja and Dani. We were able to observe her 26 times. Sometimes she comes close to the boat, but mostly she stays at a distance.

We observed Sierra 32 times this year. We saw her regularly throughout the season, especially often in July and August. She swam the most with Ponce, followed by Pedro and Sonja.

On the 1st of April we spotted Sierra in a group of over 90 animals. After that we saw her 44 more times. Her most frequent companion was Ponce, whom we recorded 37 times at her side. The average size of the groups in which Sierra was swimming varied from two animals to around 8 animals.