Dr. Roger Payne
June 11, 2023 It was with great sadness that we heard that Dr. Roger Payne passed away yesterday. It was yesterday before I heard of his passing when we passed by and filmed a magnificent Fin whale that I had been thinking about Roger. I first met Roger in Bergen, Norway in 1977 at the Marine Mammal Conference where I was impressed with his passionate advocacy for the whales. It was Roger who recorded the songs of the Humpback whales and…