'Porpoising Harbor Seal' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Porpoising Harbor Seal

23 September 2021

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Castine, Maine

Atlantic Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina ssp. vitulina
iNaturalist Observation
MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

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