Ryan Van Meter Ryan Van Meter Expeditions Photographs
'Porpoising Harbor Seal' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Porpoising Harbor Seal

23 September 2021

© 2021 — Ryan Van Meter — All Rights Reserved — No Reuse Without Permission — License

Castine, Maine

Atlantic Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina ssp. vitulina
iNaturalist Observation
MARKED RESEARCH GRADE
More Observations from Expedition Penobscot

A survey of species of downeast coastal Maine from the Penobscot Bay to Acadia (September 2021)

6 Observations
6 Identified Species
Osprey Pulls Catch from Water
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
Spotted Sandpiper
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
Merlin
Gulf of Maine, Atlantic Ocean (September 2021)
Knotted Wrack Seaweed
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
Black Guillemot in Maine Cove
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
More from Biodiversity Life in the Coastal Seas

The eruption of species where the water meets land.

24 Observations
10 Identified Species
Northern Gannet in Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (October 2023)
Common Mola Basking at Surface Ocean Sunfish
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Humpback Calf Breaches Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Spotted Eagle Ray
Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA (February 2013)
Humpback Lunge Feeding Showing Baleen-Lined Mouth
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
More from Biodiversity Hall of Mammals
26 Observations
18 Identified Species
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Eastern Coyote At Forest Edge
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2013)
Elk Bull
Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Crestone, Colorado, USA (September 2016)
Western Coyote
Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Crestone, Colorado, USA (October 2016)
Mother Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
© 1980—2026 RYAN VAN METER