Capturing the Moment

  I've spent years watching, researching, and photographing North Pacific Humpback whales from Hawaii to California to Alaska. Now for a change I get to go out on a whale watch in Brier Island, Nova Scotia on a different ocean to try and find North Atlantic Humpback Whales. While they are still the same species, (Megaptera novaeangliae), the Humpbacks in the Atlantic have quite a bit more white on their body than their North Pacific counterparts. Although I think the South Pacific population may be the most white of the bunch. The populations have been separated for long enough to develop some differences but only noticeable by a well trained eye.    We drove down from Digby to Brier Island to head out with Brier Island Whale Watch on a small zodiac tour. You have to time the two ferries right to make it to Brier Island on time, so we gave ourselves plenty of room for error. In fact so much time that we got to the shop early enough to go out on the first trip of the ...