Harbor seal records follow Oregon’s coast through estuaries, rocky headlands, beaches, and protected shorelines near Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area and coastal state parks. Sightings span the calendar and reach their monthly high in July. Accessible haul-outs and viewpoints shape where people report seals, so the record pattern should not be treated as a count of animals along the coast.
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Data & sources
The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:
- GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
- iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
- NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
- IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
- USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
- Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
- USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
- USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"
