Marine Biologist Marc Webber will be fresh off his annual Spring boat trip leading whale lovers down the Pacific coast of Mexico and up the Gulf of California.
Join us as Marc shares his knowledge and photos from what truly is an extravaganza and celebration of marine life. We will be at sea on the boat – virtually – as we visit birthing sites of gray whales and witness the season’s burst of life with blue whales, humpbacks, dolphins, seabirds and pinniped species that include elephant seals, Guadalupe fur seals, California sea lions and more.
We are also thrilled, as part of this celebration of ocean life, to pair a fundraising art auction of two works by board member and artist Firuze Gokce. Click here for details!
This free event is open to the public. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A suggested donation of $10 per participant is encouraged and greatly appreciated. Donations help cover webinar costs and support our education and cetacean research grant programs. To donate, please visit our website https://www.acs-sfbay.org/donate. We are grateful for your support!
Marc Webber is currently a cetacean field research associate at the Marine Mammal Center, an organization he has worked with extensively with stranded marine mammals going back to 1976. His current research is on the cetaceans of the San Francisco Bay Area: harbor porpoises, bottlenose dolphins, gray whales, and humpback whales, even as he continues his lifelong fascination with pinnipeds through several ongoing projects.
Marc spent 30 years with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in the National Wildlife Refuge and Marine Mammals Management programs. His last assignment was as Deputy Manager of the 4-million-acre Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, which is home to more than 60 percent of North America’s breeding seabirds and provides habitat for numerous pinniped species. He is a contributing author on anthologies of marine mammals, their behavior, and habitats. His fieldwork has taken him around the world from the Antarctic to the Arctic, and the Pacific coast whale migration paths are regular expeditions.
