The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation announced that on Friday they will be releasing a seal that was rescued in the area.
The seal, Hawkeye, will be released near Ponquogue Bridge in Hampton Bays at 7 p.m.
Hawkeye, a male gray seal, was rescued from Sagaponack on March 23 after he was found underweight and with a swollen flipper.
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He has been rehabilitated and will now be released into the wild.
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