Did you know that each winter we offer ‘Wildlife & Photography Field-trips’?
These excursions are for small groups or individuals and perfect for photographers!

When the water gets cold, many seals show up in our area and we’ve been photo documenting them for the past ten years. New York Media Boat has been taking out nature photographers, seal lovers, and scientists to watch these marine mammals.

A few years ago we teamed up with the Center for the Study of Pinniped Ecology & Cognition (C-SPEC) who’s researchers count total numbers, identify species and observe their behavior.

While we usually have the researchers aboard on our field-trips, providing narration to our passengers, we had to adjust this winter’s research due to the pandemic. Instead we installed a stabilized camera-rig on the back of the boat with a telephoto lens and record video clips to be analyzed afterwards.

Though the researchers are not aboard this year, we’re still running the tours to shoot video and are offering a few spots on each excursion for anyone who’d like to come along and observe the seals - and birds - in their natural habitat.

Email us at tours@NYmediaBoat.com if you’re interested in joining a trip.