Harbor Seals at Sandy Hook, NJ

The Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the Common Seal, is a true Seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of Pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Baltic and North Seas.

For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_seal

Seal Watching on Sandy Hook

The following is a blog entry from naturalist Joe Reynolds:

The seals are back!

Each winter dozens of seals, mostly Atlantic Harbor Seals, arrive from their breeding areas on beaches in northern New England and Canada to tidal sandbars, rocky reefs, and remote beaches and islands in Lower New York Bay and Sandy Hook Bay.

The seals appear in the urban wilds of the New York metropolitan region, in the shadows of tall skyscrapers and near four-lane highways, to rest and feed after a busy season of raising young and molting.

But also to compensate for the limited winter habitat in ice-filled harbors and bays, and increased completion for food up north…

For more info: patch.com/new-jersey/rumson/seal-watching-on-sandy-hook

Tags:   Common Seal Gateway National Recreation Area Harbor Seal Herd of Seals Jersey Shore Marine Mammals Monmouth County Navesink River Nikon AF-S 600mm F4G ED VR Nikon D500 Nikon TC-14E III Phoca vitulina Pinniped Sandy Hook Seal Spermaceti Cove Wildlife Wildlife Photography Highlands New Jersey United States US Haul-out

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Harbor Seals at Sandy Hook, NJ

The Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the Common Seal, is a true Seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of Pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Baltic and North Seas.

For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_seal

Seal Watching on Sandy Hook

The following is a blog entry from naturalist Joe Reynolds:

The seals are back!

Each winter dozens of seals, mostly Atlantic Harbor Seals, arrive from their breeding areas on beaches in northern New England and Canada to tidal sandbars, rocky reefs, and remote beaches and islands in Lower New York Bay and Sandy Hook Bay.

The seals appear in the urban wilds of the New York metropolitan region, in the shadows of tall skyscrapers and near four-lane highways, to rest and feed after a busy season of raising young and molting.

But also to compensate for the limited winter habitat in ice-filled harbors and bays, and increased completion for food up north…

For more info: patch.com/new-jersey/rumson/seal-watching-on-sandy-hook

Tags:   Common Seal Gateway National Recreation Area Harbor Seal Herd of Seals Jersey Shore Marine Mammals Monmouth County Navesink River Nikon AF-S 600mm F4G ED VR Nikon D500 Nikon TC-14E III Phoca vitulina Pinniped Sandy Hook Seal Spermaceti Cove Wildlife Wildlife Photography Highlands New Jersey United States US Haul-out

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Harbor Seals at Sandy Hook, NJ

The Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the Common Seal, is a true Seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of Pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Baltic and North Seas.

For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_seal

Seal Watching on Sandy Hook

The following is a blog entry from naturalist Joe Reynolds:

The seals are back!

Each winter dozens of seals, mostly Atlantic Harbor Seals, arrive from their breeding areas on beaches in northern New England and Canada to tidal sandbars, rocky reefs, and remote beaches and islands in Lower New York Bay and Sandy Hook Bay.

The seals appear in the urban wilds of the New York metropolitan region, in the shadows of tall skyscrapers and near four-lane highways, to rest and feed after a busy season of raising young and molting.

But also to compensate for the limited winter habitat in ice-filled harbors and bays, and increased completion for food up north…

For more info: patch.com/new-jersey/rumson/seal-watching-on-sandy-hook

Tags:   Common Seal Gateway National Recreation Area Harbor Seal Herd of Seals Jersey Shore Marine Mammals Monmouth County Navesink River Nikon AF-S 600mm F4G ED VR Nikon D500 Nikon TC-14E III Phoca vitulina Pinniped Sandy Hook Seal Spermaceti Cove Wildlife Wildlife Photography Highlands New Jersey United States US Haul-out

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Harbor Seals at Sandy Hook, NJ

The Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the Common Seal, is a true Seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of Pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Baltic and North Seas.

For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_seal

Seal Watching on Sandy Hook

The following is a blog entry from naturalist Joe Reynolds:

The seals are back!

Each winter dozens of seals, mostly Atlantic Harbor Seals, arrive from their breeding areas on beaches in northern New England and Canada to tidal sandbars, rocky reefs, and remote beaches and islands in Lower New York Bay and Sandy Hook Bay.

The seals appear in the urban wilds of the New York metropolitan region, in the shadows of tall skyscrapers and near four-lane highways, to rest and feed after a busy season of raising young and molting.

But also to compensate for the limited winter habitat in ice-filled harbors and bays, and increased completion for food up north…

For more info: patch.com/new-jersey/rumson/seal-watching-on-sandy-hook

Tags:   Common Seal Gateway National Recreation Area Harbor Seal Herd of Seals Jersey Shore Marine Mammals Monmouth County Navesink River Nikon AF-S 600mm F4G ED VR Nikon D500 Nikon TC-14E III Phoca vitulina Pinniped Sandy Hook Seal Spermaceti Cove Wildlife Wildlife Photography Highlands New Jersey United States US Haul-out

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Harbor Seals at Sandy Hook, NJ

The Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the Common Seal, is a true Seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of Pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Baltic and North Seas.

For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_seal

Seal Watching on Sandy Hook

The following is a blog entry from naturalist Joe Reynolds:

The seals are back!

Each winter dozens of seals, mostly Atlantic Harbor Seals, arrive from their breeding areas on beaches in northern New England and Canada to tidal sandbars, rocky reefs, and remote beaches and islands in Lower New York Bay and Sandy Hook Bay.

The seals appear in the urban wilds of the New York metropolitan region, in the shadows of tall skyscrapers and near four-lane highways, to rest and feed after a busy season of raising young and molting.

But also to compensate for the limited winter habitat in ice-filled harbors and bays, and increased completion for food up north…

For more info: patch.com/new-jersey/rumson/seal-watching-on-sandy-hook

Tags:   Common Seal Gateway National Recreation Area Harbor Seal Herd of Seals Jersey Shore Marine Mammals Monmouth County Navesink River Nikon AF-S 600mm F4G ED VR Nikon D500 Nikon TC-14E III Phoca vitulina Pinniped Sandy Hook Seal Spermaceti Cove Wildlife Wildlife Photography Highlands New Jersey United States US Haul-out

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