Phoca vitulina: Harbor or Common Seal

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About Phoca vitulina: Harbor or Common Seal

This is a place to collect photos of Harbor or Common seals (Phoca vitulina). I am studying them and find wonderful pictures scattered through flickr. Hopefully we can collect them all here. Please invite people who have Harbor seal photos in their photo stream.

You can copy and paste the following code if you find a Harbor/Common Seal photo to add to the pool.

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/harborseal/" title="Harbor Seals"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/187875632_031ea1e3dc.jpg" width="100" height="200" alt="seal h20" /> Phoca vitulina:Harbor/Common Seals</a>
Image thanks to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimpatterson/187875632/">Jim Patterson</a>

You are invited to add this image (and any other you have of Phoca vitulina: Harbor/Common Seals) to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/harborseal/">Harbor Seals</a>
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It should look like this if you have copied the code right


Phoca vitulina:Harbor/Common Seals
Image thanks to Jim Patterson

You are invited to add this image (and any other you have of Phoca vitulina: Harbor/Common Seals) to Harbor Seals



There is often confusion between a Harbor seal and a Grey seal these profiles might help:
This will help you tell the two apart:



Harbor seals (adult, I would guess male) thanks to Steve O: in NC and a pup showing the nostril pattern.



Grey Seal thanks to finiky and Hideaway