Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve A Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina, is a small phocid with a stubby, compact body and short limbs. Colors range from silver-gray to tan and all are spotted. They occur in almost all nearshore environments from Baja,California to the Bering Sea.
Image ID: nerr0793, NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve Collection
Location: North Puget Sound, Anacortes, Washington
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The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
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