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--Apple-Mail=_1A7906FA-435D-4BAA-9ACC-8A47F2E98F9F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Just typing what is below was an adventure, because my computer = =91corrected=92 grey to trey and also harbour to harbor =97 YIPE! Jim. Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] gray seals vs. harbour seals > Date: August 18, 2014 at 5:12:02 PM ADT > To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > I will race Ian McLaren & others with a response to Dusan=92s question = with a YES, the gray/grey and harbor seals do haul out together, = although sometimes they seem to segregate a bit, too. I wish more = Maritimers would learn the differences in field marks, although I am no = expert. I feel a lot of empathy and sympathy toward all sorts of seals = because of their right to exist and drive our marine ecosystems in the = face of too-popular persecution from fishers and governments et al. = Besides these two species, we also have to be aware of and learn = identification tips for harp seals, hooded seals, and even bearded and = ringed seals. We all know of frequent winter records for young harp = seals, usually associated with ice. I also recall a surprising sighting = of an adult harp seal near Port George by Clarence Stevens Jr. Young = hooded seals (blue-backs) are much less frequent but occasionally turn = up after being whelped in the Gulf of St. Lawrence or off Newfoundland. >=20 > Two places where gray and harbour seals can be seen hauled out = together are Cottage Cove Prov. Park just west of Port George, and on = the Seal Ledges off northeast Brier Island. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> >> Subject: [NatureNS] gray seals vs. harbour seals >> Date: August 18, 2014 at 4:37:31 PM ADT >> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>=20 >> Last weekend I had a chance to observe a large groups of seals = hauled up on top of a ledge, and then swimming around it, near Eastern = Shore=92s Spry Harbour. Some of them were definitely gray seals, = judging by their size and the large snouts when seen in profile. But = others seemed to be much smaller and had more rounded heads. My question = is this: Do the two species ever haul out together? Or was I just seeing = adult and young gray seals? >> Dusan Soudek=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_1A7906FA-435D-4BAA-9ACC-8A47F2E98F9F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Just = typing what is below was an adventure, because my computer =91corrected=92= grey to trey and also harbour to harbor =97 YIPE! = Jim.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[NatureNS] gray = seals vs. harbour seals</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">August 18, 2014 at = 5:12:02 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br= ></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I will = race Ian McLaren & others with a response to Dusan=92s question with = a YES, the gray/grey and harbor seals do haul out together, although = sometimes they seem to segregate a bit, too. I wish more = Maritimers would learn the differences in field marks, although I am no = expert. I feel a lot of empathy and sympathy toward all sorts of = seals because of their right to exist and drive our marine ecosystems in = the face of too-popular persecution from fishers and governments et al. = Besides these two species, we also have to be aware of and learn = identification tips for harp seals, hooded seals, and even bearded and = ringed seals. We all know of frequent winter records for young = harp seals, usually associated with ice. I also recall a = surprising sighting of an adult harp seal near Port George by Clarence = Stevens Jr. Young hooded seals (blue-backs) are much less frequent = but occasionally turn up after being whelped in the Gulf of St. Lawrence = or off Newfoundland.<div><br></div><div>Two places where gray and = harbour seals can be seen hauled out together are Cottage Cove Prov. = Park just west of Port George, and on the Seal Ledges off northeast = Brier Island.<br><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Fro