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Injured harbor seal found

A Beach Drive resident had noticed a young harbor seal coming and going for several days.

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Shot sea lion examined

Last week a kayaker was paddling in the West Duwamish Waterway. When she spotted a California sea lion carcass on shore, the kayaker alertly photographed it from her boat…

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Another early-morning seal

Calls reporting a seal pup at Constellation Park came to the Seal Sitters hotline early in the morning on September 2.

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Nursing-age seal pup

Urgent calls came on Sunday August 9 reporting a harbor seal hauled out at Lincoln Park’s north beach in West Seattle.

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First pup

Pupping season is what Seal Sitter volunteers call the time between June and September.

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La-Z-Boy at the boat ramp

He’s a lounger and recliner - he’s a male California sea lion.

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Sea Lion Intervention

A California sea lion was expected to die unless freed from the fishing gear tightly wound around his neck. Seal Sitters volunteers were asked to assist in the dramatic disentanglement operation.