At Jones Beach, hikers search for seals
Photo credit: Steve Pfost | From left, New York State parks naturalist Patrick Kaminski, Bob Sneddon and his wife Peggiann Nuccio, of Port Washington, and Elizabeth Combs, 9, of Hauppauge, peer out into the water as they search for seals while attending a seal hike at the west end beaches of Jones Beach. (Jan. 1, 2013)
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The temperature was 35 Tuesday afternoon, the sky overcast and a brisk wind completed the formula for a raw winter day. But for 28 Long Islanders it was perfect weather for a New Year's Day seal walk at Jones Beach.
State parks educator Patrick Kaminski offered a briefing at the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center before leading the group to Jones Inlet. There he hoped to show them examples of...
