Board member and Bay Area naturalist, Susan Sherman reports on a recent trip out to the Cordell Banks. She shares some exciting sightings of several species of cetaceans and a wide variety of sea birds that were all feeding on the same bait fish.
In Conversation with Susan Sherman, Bay Area Naturalist
“Conversation with…” series is inspired by “Conversation with Izzy”, beloved marine biologist and ACS chapter board member, Izzy Szczepaniak, who passed suddenly in November 2021. Izzy regularly graced us with reports of cetacean activity in or near San Francisco Bay area.
In this conversation, board member Susan Hopp interviews new chapter board member Susan Sherman, a local naturalist and science teacher, who leads regular trips to the Farallon Islands.
In Conversation with Izzy: Why We Haven’t Seen Whales Feeding in San Francisco Bay This Summer
In Conversation with Izzy: Recent Sightings of Calves, Rooster Tails, and Large Animals
In Conversation with Izzy: Humpback and Gray Whales Enjoy Last Meals Before Migrating to Southern Breeding Grounds
In Conversation with Izzy: Recent Bay Area Cetacean Strandings Included Two Rare Species
We recently interviewed Izzy Szczepaniak, Marine Biologist, and ACS San Francisco Chapter Board member, to learn about some of his research work for the California Academy of Sciences, specifically, the collection of carcasses of cetaceans that strand along the Northern California coastline. There were two very rare species among recent strandings.