Flattop Island
Harbor Seal · 4 reports from 4 observers, October 2021 to July 2026
In the atlas
Site 13.13 in the WDFW Atlas of Seal and Sea Lion Haulout Sites in Washington (Jeffries et al., 2000), surveyed in the late 1990s: harbor seal · 100 to 500 animals · used mainly at low tide.
Intertidal ledges and reef on south side of island.
The atlas maps this site at 3 points. The others: Intertidal areas on west end of Flattop Island (USFWS ID 39)., Intertidal areas on east end of island..
This entry was extracted from the atlas's tables by machine and has not yet been checked against the printed page. Its coordinates are the atlas's, in a 1927 datum, and may sit up to 200 m from where a modern map puts them.
Reports
Pinniped sightings reported within 500 m of this point, nearly all from iNaturalist. A report here says someone saw seals or sea lions near a known site; it does not say which animals, or how many.
Harbor Seal · 4 reports
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
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| 2026 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 1 |
Reports per month, as identified on iNaturalist by the people who filed them.
Photos from the reports. Each links to its source; the attribution is in the tooltip.
- Jul 9, 2026 · Harbor Seal · simonele on iNaturalist · 438 m away · source
- Jul 27, 2022 · Harbor Seal · scdevaney on iNaturalist · 497 m away · source
- Jul 15, 2022 · Harbor Seal · jkopachena on iNaturalist · 184 m away · source
- Oct 3, 2021 · Harbor Seal · anudibranchmom on iNaturalist · 468 m away · source
Of 4 reports, 2 state a location accurate to within 500 m, 2 state no accuracy, and 4 carry a photo. Reports rarely say how many animals were present, so no counts are shown.
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