08/15/2020 Closure Round 2 Day 8 Saturday Monk Seal Dailies

There were five seals on Rabbit Island today.

At left point beach:

Seal 1 - adult to subadult seal with new coat.  This seal didn't move much and never showed its belly, so it was reported as an UU

Seal 2 - adult male with older coat with a fair amount of green, male belly and two tags.

Seal 3 - juvenile to subadult female with two tags, new coat, female belly.

Seal 4 - hauled out to Seal 1 briefly, then went back into the water and a short time later hauled out to Seals 2 and 3.  Adult male with older coat, at least one tag and dark mottled male belly. Not as green as Seal 2.

About 30 feet east of the 3BS was:

Seal 5 - weaner size and coloring; no tags; The applied bleach was not visible and never got a clear look at the belly to determine sex. This could be either PO1, PO2 or PO3.  It was not large enough to be PO5.