Harbor Seal Sighting

We took a boat ride last Tuesday on a beautiful sunny day.  We were heading down the Sheepscott River to Wiscasset.  On that route, you can often see Harbor Seals sunning their fat bellies on a stretch of rocks shortly after "The Gut".  But only around low tide, which luckily for us, it was.  Here we are coming up to the rocks, and it looks like we will be in luck for a sighting.

As we get closer, we are guessing there are between 15 and 20 of them.

There they are in all their splendor!  When they are in the water they all look the same color, black.  But when you see them dry, you can see they come in all sizes and colors.

This guy was a little intimidating.  I think he was saying that we had been there long enough.  So, we took our leave.

As we were pulling away, we saw one more seal, taking a solo swim.

When we arrived at the public docks in Wiscassett, this guy was sitting on a sign.  He was not at all bothered by us, and in fact seemed to be posing.

So I took a couple of pictures of him, and I think it made him proud.

A bientot!  See you soon.