Female Grey Seal (Hunting Mackerel) - Saco River

Wow, I've seen some cool wildlife outside my window, but this footage is my favorite. I have seen seals before, but if I am lucky they stick around for a few minutes. This Female Gray Seal came up river as the tide was headed out. She stuck around and caught a few fish over the course of a half-hour!

There is a waterfall just up river from where these scenes were shot. As the water level drops a large amount of rocks emerge and block the fish into this deep pocket in the river between the mills of Factory Island, Saco (where I live) and Biddeford.

Take a look at the Location of the video and the satellite view will explain the Seal's strategy in hunting fish. Also take a look at "catch and release" and you'll see in addition to the Mackerel you see in this video, there are large Striped Bass in this stretch of river. Also Herrings, Alewives, Salmon and Shad.

This is follow-up to "Seal In The Saco River" when a Harbor Seal paid a visit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu3m8aDJoCw

As I was shooting the video, Jenny (aka: Dr. Flint) called her mom, who lives in the same building as I do to tell her there was a Seal in the river. She can be heard providing play by play.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Grey
• Seal
• Saco
• River
• Biddeford
• Maine
• Dr.
• Flint

[Yojimbot1]

is she a grey seal or a harbor seal? nice view btw!

[Needsmoreritalin]

Thanks for checking out the video. I compared the seal to a book in a New England Wildlife guide. We get Hooded, Grey and Harbor Seals here. It looked like a female grey seal from what the book had. There are harbor seal videos on my page too.

[londonpenda]

That was really cool.Thanks;)

You have some view from your window.?

[Needsmoreritalin]

Yeah, as soon as I walked into the Condo with my realtor, and got to the window, I knew thats where I wanted to live.

[RobinRileyRobinson]

Nice little vid, Chuck. We get lots of them in front of our house. I swear they can hear us because everytime I say "Hey, look! There's a seal," they go under. Or as you would say, "Booooop!)

[NorthWestVideos]

very cool bro...good footage!

[touchmykey]

can't believe there's a seal hangin' in fresh water

[chainsawbeks]

You could just watch them for hours couldn't you!!

[arbedadams]

great shot! she is sooo cute ;-))

[hillbillygill99]

nice seal, you got my seal of approval, heheh :) -Gil