On August 4, Joe Gaydos, the SeaDoc Society and San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network, will present a talk entitled “Killer Whale Diseases: What We Have Learned From a Decade of Strandings.” Dr. Gaydos has a veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD is from the University of Georgia. He has studied health and disease in wildlife all over the world.
On August 11, Amanda Taylor's talk is entitled “Results from the San Juan Islands Archaeological Project 2005-2009.” She will discuss chronology of prehistoric Native American settlement patterns. Amanda is a PhD student at the University of Washington who has conducted fieldwork in Nevada, Oregon, New York, Alaska, the California Channel Islands, and the Pacific Northwest.
On August 18, Jonathan Stern will discuss his work with the “under publicized” Minke whale. Jonathan is a co-investigator with the Northeast Pacific Minke Whale Project. In addition to his work with minkes in the San Juan Islands, he is looking at habitat use patterns off San Francisco.
On August 25, Dr. Roland Anderson will present a talk entitled “How Smart are Octopuses.” Dr. Anderson worked as a biologist at the Seattle Aquarium for over 30 years and has co-written a book entitled “Octopus: The Ocean’s Intelligent Invertebrate.”
Note: All lectures will be at The Whale Museum located at 62 First Street N., Friday Harbor, and will begin at 7 p.m.
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