Your Wild New Jersey: Seal celebrates New Year's Eve in Bradley Beach
A seal spotted swimming at Bradley Beach.
Photos courtesy of Paul Moss
By Paul Moss
On New Years Eve my family was in town from Cleveland and asked if they could see the ocean. I decided to drive them along Bradley Beach for a scenic view when my mother spotted two snowmen along the beach. She asked if we could stop the car and get out so she could snap a picture of the beach-going snowmen. While my mother was snapping pictures of the wintry tourists I spotted something bobbing in and out of the water about thirty feet out.
At first glimpse it looked like a little Lochness monster based on the angle of the head and neck. However, when it got closer I realized it was a little seal. Now I've only lived in New Jersey for a couple months so it was quite the surprise to see the seal out in the wild, especially in New Jersey. Our seal siting definitely made for a wonderful New Years Eve and was all my family could talk about that night.
Wild New Jersey invites you to share your wildlife and nature experiences with us - it could be as little as a single compelling paragraph, or a vivid photograph. Share "Your Wild NJ" with other viewers from across the state and beyond!
On New Years Eve my family was in town from Cleveland and asked if they could see the ocean. I decided to drive them along Bradley Beach for a scenic view when my mother spotted two snowmen along the beach. She asked if we could stop the car and get out so she could snap a picture of the beach-going snowmen. While my mother was snapping pictures of the wintry tourists I spotted something bobbing in and out of the water about thirty feet out.
At first glimpse it looked like a little Lochness monster based on the angle of the head and neck. However, when it got closer I realized it was a little seal. Now I've only lived in New Jersey for a couple months so it was quite the surprise to see the seal out in the wild, especially in New Jersey. Our seal siting definitely made for a wonderful New Years Eve and was all my family could talk about that night.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 1/4/2011 2:00 PM 
Categories: Your Wild NJ
Tags: seal bradley beach new years eve seal new jersey
Categories: Your Wild NJ
Tags: seal bradley beach new years eve seal new jersey
Comments