Brien,
In 1974, while floating the Tolt River a short distance upstream from
Carnation, we were surprised to see a harbor seal. This wasn't very far from
your sighting.

How common is it to find marine seals this far upstream I wonder. (yes,
there are non-marine seals)

Scott R a y
Yakima, WA
mryakima at gmail dot com


On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Brien Meilleur <brienm at live.com> wrote:

> Hello Tweets,
> This is a bit off-topic, but a wildlife observation nonetheless...this
> morning my son Alex and I birded in the Duvall area. While we did find the
> increasingly predictable Western scrubjay about two-thirds of the way down
> W. Snoqualmie River Rd. NE, and perhaps 200+ Trumpeter swans to the west,
> our best siting there was a Harbor seal in the Snoqualmie River, checking us
> out while we were stopped beside the road/river.
> Good birding,
> Brien Meilleur
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