Coastal Carnivores Connect Land and Sea
with Frankie Gerraty

Thursday, August 7, 2025
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Dr., Fort Bragg
5:00 Happy Hour
6:00 Presentation Begins

We're pleased to host Frank Gerraty, a Ph.D. student from UC Santa Cruz, who will share his groundbreaking research on a fascinating and rarely seen behavior: coyotes predating on harbor seal pups along the Northern California coast.

The mystery began years ago, when headless baby harbor seal carcasses started appearing at MacKerricher State Park. Frank Gerraty, working with the Noyo Center for Marine Science and other institutions, set up camera traps. What they captured was astonishing: footage of coyotes actively hunting harbor seal pups, often going for their brains as a high-value meal.

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