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http://www.lohud.com/article/20103010353
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HAVERSTRAW - When John Taggart looked out his second-floor window Sunday morning he saw something unusual: a harp seal lazing on the frozen inlet at Bowline Point Town Park.

"I knew this town had bald eagles, but I had never heard about a seal," Taggart , 43, said, shaking his head. "It's a first."

P.J. McNamee, 17, an employee at the park, said a seal was reported about 9:45 a.m. Haverstraw police were called to the scene shortly afterward and contacted state wildlife authorities. Throughout the morning and early afternoon about 75 people gathered on each side of the inlet to take photographs of the marine mammal, which is native to Arctic waters and is named for its distinctive black-spotted silver fur.

"Apparently it's shedding," McNamee said, adding that it was the first time a seal had been sighted at the park since he had started working there three years ago.

If not exactly basking in the sun, the seal appeared to be resting with a fish in its mouth. Occasionally it thrust its nose in the air and barked.

"It's a funny choice for a place to beach, frankly," Kim Durham, a biologist at the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation said. "It's not really where the seal really should be."

The animal, of indeterminate sex, was estimated at 5 feet long and 250 pounds.

Durham said it was unclear why it had strayed so far from its native waters.

Harp seals had been spotted off Long Island and New Jersey this year but none had been reported in the Hudson River.

Durham said it was possible the animal was healthy and was merely moulting. It might be sick, suffering from malnourishment , or had been thrown off course by last week's snowstorm.

Durham cautioned onlookers not to approach the seal and said marine biologists would keep tabs on the animal until it left the inlet.
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Did someone pull the buoy marking the wall position again? The poor thing probably doesn't like hitting bottom.

Dave, send him the GPS co-ordinates would you?
 
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Here's a picture.
 
There was a seal swimming near YYC last spring. Signs that the river is getting healthier.
 
Better watch out, they might proclaim Bowline a 'Marine Mammal Sanctuary' and ban all boats.
 
They have shown up on the docks at Haverstraw for the last several winters. They rest up for a few days and then go on their way.
 
"The animal, of indeterminate sex, was estimated at 5 feet long and 250 pounds."

Ever wake up after a frat party and have the exact same thought?

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Chris, two different stories.

I wonder what the best way to cook one of those is?
 
Don't know how I missed this.
Rommer what's his Sea-mail address I send him the coordinates.

Hogan I heard they taste like chicken but cook like a pig.

It has been a few years but I can remember seeing one early spring hanging out at the dock at what's now Patty's Bay. I think it was two years in a row if I recall. There is a picture in the shop at TZ Marine.
 
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Originally posted by Audrey II

Don't know how I missed this.
Rommer what's his Sea-mail address I send him the coordinates.
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It's too late Dave, the ice melted, he sunk and drowned.

Pay better attention next time! ;)
 
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