Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

About Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivorans
Family: Phocidae

The harbor seal, 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, they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Baltic and North seas.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

2004-06-20

Gwaai Haanas National Park, Canada
2006-06-03

Marin Headlands, United States of America
2006-09-24

Elkhorn Slough, United States of America
2007-04-11

San Diego - La Jolla, United States of America
2007-04-13

Heron's Head Park, United States of America

Trying to eat some kind of flat fish.
2007-09-23

Elkhorn Slough, United States of America
2008-01-17

Giants Park, United States of America
2008-08-24

Giants Park, United States of America

Seen outside the park in the bay.
2009-08-15

Big River, United States of America

We observed two of the seals herding a school of fish onto the shore for an easy meal.
2010-05-29

Saint George Island, United States of America
2010-06-11

Petersburg - Wrangell Narrows, United States of America
2014-03-11

Elkhorn Slough, United States of America
2014-07-21

Seward, United States of America
2014-07-22

Kenai Fjords NP--Aialik Bay-Aialik Glacier, United States of America
2014-08-23

MacKerricher SP, United States of America
2014-09-20

East Wash, United States of America
2014-11-18

Fort Funston, United States of America
2015-08-23

Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America

Seen near the beach in Half Moon Bay
2016-07-11

St. Shott's, Canada
2019-10-02

Orkney Islands, England
2021-01-30

Tomales Bay State Park, United States of America
2021-04-04

Elkhorn Slough, United States of America
2021-07-15

Southern Iceland, Iceland