2/22/2010 Auntie Barb's Update

Today was a very long, long day for us guys. I missed Mr. Whisperers report, so here are the pics taken today if ya can get them on.

The morning people were good and respectful to the seals around Nimitz Jetty. There was good old Kermit R012, foraging like crazy, showing all those who came to view him. He was thrashing his tail up in the air, growling, gobbling his prey. It was super cool. But Kermit done this behavior for over 2and 1/2 hours and he never hauled up till much later in the afternoon.

And the afternoon beach goers were hypered, yelling at Kermit, tossing rocks and sand. He left his spot and went to the Jetty again, But, he came back a second time to hual up on the very same spot.

2AW showed up but we couldnt get his Id shot till after 5PM, one tag shot, not so clear, but you can tell who he is.

R018 also showed up, tried hauling in many times, but the people kept bugging him too. He later hauled up at the cottages at Nimitz. I had to talk to those kids again to please, no yelling and to give the seal a chance to haul up...he is so tired already. He needs to rest and FINALLY the kids got it as we all watched this great seal come a shore. Yippeee!!

And Benny was out at Nimitz too, but all shots were horrible...sorry.

Hope ya can get this to your blog. It was too long a day, but worth all that trouble to see at least two seals haul in. Some times, it is so hard to get people to respect seals and I get so tired and frustrated.

Seal ya, B

R018

2AW

Kermit