The Humpback Whale Film & Research Project Bermuda was started in 2007 by Andrew Stevenson (pictured left) to study the humpbacks as they migrate by Bermuda and to document their lives with underwater high-definition video footage and underwater hydrophone recordings. The goal of the project is to broaden our knowledge of our oceans and these magnificent animals and to produce a 30-minute documentary for children about Bermuda’s marine environment. The project is endorsed by both Bermuda Government (Dept. of Conservation Services and the Ministry of Environment) and the Bermuda Zoological Society; and supported financially by a broad base of Bermuda’s residents, corporate sponsors and by volunteers who help in a myriad of ways. The documentary will be completed by the end of 2009.

We still need to raise funds to complete this project. If you would like to contribute call 77-SPOUT (777-7688), or email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Leah at Allied Whale made a great match to one of our fluke ids above, taken on the 12th of March 2009 by Camilla Stringer. The previous sightings below, are 1983 off Labrador (Jon Lien's group at Memorial University of Newfoundland) and  1992 off St John's Newfoundland (YoNAH). We missed making this match ourselves because of the double black spot on the older black and white image and the slight mark on the right fluke which turns out to be an impermanent smudge from diatoms, not a scar. But Leah at Allied Whale wasn't fooled! All I can say is, what happened to that extra black spot seen below? It was there before, but apparently no longer.