New England · observation
Gloucester
· Massachusetts
Direct original iNaturalist pages and photographs reviewed. Three observers' records fall on the same date and within roughly 150 m in Gloucester, with very similar views of one harbor seal in water; consolidated as one encounter. One source page shows a clock in another timezone, so no observation time is preserved.
- Species
- Harbour seal
- Number of seals
- 1
- Attributed name
- Unidentified
- Source
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13441345; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27080199; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33587899
About this record
- Supporting evidence
- Original pages: 13441345, 27080199 and 33587899 all document 25 January 2009 near Gloucester, Massachusetts. Cross-record comparison indicates one likely shared encounter; one visible harbor seal head is supported, with no independent basis for more than one animal.
- Identification confidence
- Probable
- Editorial status
- Published by Seal Watch.
Source wording, attributed names and approximate date labels are preserved. A published report does not establish a verified animal identity.