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Sunday, April 21, 2019

April 21, 2019 Monk Seal Dailies

Today's dailies are brought to you by Marilyn and Team Billand.
First I hope everyone who celebrates Easter had a wonderful day, as it seems a lot of folks were out on the beaches enjoying their day in the sun.

Marilyn did a survey of the southeast sites this morning and between 8 and 10, the only critter she spotted was Kaiwi RK96. She was alone and snoozing out at Kokee flats. No one was around so she had some real peace. She was ID'd by her tags, and the small NB on her forehead. Marilyn called the hotline. Although Kaiwi is looking very healthy it is questionable if she will be pupping this year.

Marilyn spent two hours viewing Rabbit Island from the pier. When she arrived there were 3 seals in a group near the waterline slightly left of the 1BS.
Large adult female (likely Aukai RL12), very green, female belly, 2 tags, no visible scars or bleaches.
Unknown Juvenile Female (UJF) - very green, female belly, two tags. Very likely this is one of the 2018 RI pups.
Unknown Juvenile male - medium juvenile size, fairly clean coat, male belly, 2 tags. There were no visible scars or bleaches. (maybe this is Aka... but then again who knows)
The UJM entered the water about 11 am and hauled back out about an hour later.

Despite their checking Team Billand found the beaches over crowded with people and very little room for the seals.
At 8:15 AM on one of their checks they heard a seal vocalizing and when they looked closer they spotter RN14 Kalani coming up, with mouth wide open. He's quite the noise maker this guy! He is looking robust and healthy, other than a couple of little bite marks on his fore flipper.

Team Billand only other critter was Puna RK88 about 10 am. He was at a pretty crowded beach, there were slippers to his left and two swimmers in the water. Oh well let's hope he goes unnoticed.

Team Billand gave up early and went to enjoy their day with family.

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