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SEAL ISLAND: After rolling around in the snow, this gray seal pup takes a moment to stretch.
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SEAL ISLAND: Cute closeup of a gray seal pup in the snow.
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SEAL ISLAND: Who says seals don't like to play? This gray seal mother has a face full of snow from all her antics.
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SEAL ISLAND: A view of the snowy crescent bay on Seal Island, Maine
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SEAL ISLAND: A female gray seal stretched out for a nap.
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SEAL ISLAND: Mother and cub cuddle together in the chilly snowscape of Seal Island.
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SEAL ISLAND: This gray seal mother and milking pup are being watched by a protective bull.
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SEAL ISLAND: Aerial Puffin comes in for a landing with a bounty of fish. Photography by Bill Scholtz
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SEAL ISLAND: Valentine Guillemots by Nathan Banfield
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SEAL ISLAND: Two black guillemots travel together, flying low across the ocean waters.
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SEAL ISLAND: Distinctive colors and clean lines create a beautiful image of this murre, at home on the sea.
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SEAL ISLAND: Safely nestled in the palm of a Project Puffin researcher, this three-day-old black guillemot chick was born and raised on Eastern Egg Rock. Photography By Steve Kress
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SEAL ISLAND: Adorned in the mottled colors of a juvenile, this young murre fledgling will soon be ready to depart from its nest on Seal Island. Photography By Alison Kocek
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SEAL ISLAND: Looking inquisitive, this newborn gray seal begins its life with a snowy white coat.
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SEAL ISLAND: Basking in the sun, this pregnant gray seal should soon give birth on Seal Island, Maine.
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SEAL ISLAND: Northern gray seals can vary in color and pattern as this female is covered in spots.
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SEAL ISLAND: Nestled in the dried grasses of Seal Island, this newborn pup is already learning how to explore.
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SEAL ISLAND: Bloody talons of one of the bald eagles attest to the fact that it has recently found a meal on Seal Island.
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SEAL ISLAND: A nurturing gray seal nuzzles its newborn.
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SEAL ISLAND: Seeing its opportunity, a juvenile bald eagle tries to steal the afterbirth next to a birthing gray seal, but is driven off by her ferocity.
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SEAL ISLAND: The bald eagle keeps a keen eye on the gray seal colony, looking for an opportunity to scavenge.
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SEAL ISLAND: Round and ready to give birth, this gray seal rests in the dried out meadow on Seal Island.
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SEAL ISLAND: Feathers ruffling in the wind, this eagle is ever alert.
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SEAL ISLAND: Two mature bald eagles perch on one of the wooden observation platforms on Seal Island, waiting for the opportunity to scavenge what they can.
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SEAL ISLAND: This female gray seal can sense that she will soon give birth as she moves up to higher ground an establishes territory on Seal Island.
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SEAL ISLAND: This aerial view of Seal Island shows the platform where the livecam is mounted. In the summers the platform is used as a bird blind.
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SEAL ISLAND: An example of an unobtrusive flipper tag scientists have attached to the tail of a gray seal.
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SEAL ISLAND: Branding is another method of tagging used on gray seals. This is a branded male.