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Seal-watching on Hempstead Bay

Originally published: January 20, 2012 11:44 AM
Updated: January 22, 2012 1:10 PM
By RUTH BASHINSKY. Special to Newsday

Photo credit: Bruce Gilbert | The Riverhead Foundation runs winter harbor seal-watching cruises out of Freeport into Hempstead Bay, led by a biologist Robert DiGiovanni. Here, Ellen Richman watches for seals. (Jan 7, 2012)

The crowd was eager. A boat full of seal-seekers was cruising along Hempstead Bay on a recent Saturday afternoon, hoping to catch a glimpse of the silvery brown animals that visit Long Island's waters this time of year.

"Seal at 9 o'clock, folks . . . and a second just came out the front," says Debbie Spangler-Martin, a naturalist with the Riverhead Foundation For Marine Research and Preservation...