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margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Fro Hi Jim Are you sure you are not just trying to follow in the footsteps of the famous Gobfrey Shrdlu (D Parsons, 1970)? A ________________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of Jim Wolford [jimwolford@eastlink.ca] Sent: August-18-14 5:22 PM To: naturens Subject: [NatureNS] re spelling & computer re grey seals vs. harbour seals Just typing what is below was an adventure, because my computer ‘corrected’ grey to trey and also harbour to harbor — YIPE! Jim. Begin forwarded message: From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca<mailto: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<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> I will race Ian McLaren & others with a response to Dusan’s 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. 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. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca<mailto: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<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> 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’s 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
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