December 31, 2024 Tuesday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Team R&B 💕   Also I just want to thank them for all their hard work during 2024.... and that goes to Marilyn and all our monk seal posse.  

Team R&B started their day at pokai and while there a seal was arriving in a hurry. It was RH76 Kala very alert, probably getting away from one of the males.   

They spotted spinner dolphins and then there were lots of boats

gathering. Each boat was letting passengers with vests in the water. Then Team R&B were surprised to see a pod of bottlenose dolphins. All these years they had bever seen that many bottle nose dolphins.

Next they headed over to Kahe where initially the only seal they saw was Kekoa Alii RK72.  But when they got over to the site there was another seal that landed near him. It was RP30 Puka who was very excited to be with Uncle Kekoa, and Uncle was very nice and accepted him up on the rocks.

Then... they saw both seal reacting to something and they moved making room on the rocks. Here come another seal, it was RL20 Kalua. He came right up and joined the both of them.  Then RL20 got into a fight with Puka RP30, went back in the water for a half hour and then came back on the rocks.

Then on their last check at yoks they saw surfers enjoying their last waves for 2024. 

And they saw whales breaching, such a beautiful way to end their day

Happy Happy New Year! 

RH76

RK72 & RP30

RL20 & RP30

Trio RL20 - RP30 - RK72

dolphins

whales

December 30, 2024 Monday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Team R&B💕

Before the seals Team R&B spent years tracking whales. Today they spent some time doing that and had some fun. They started at yoks, and Makua then to Makaha Akis Beach.  They haven't lost their touch in that they saw quite a few some with their distinctive fluke patterns.

They also got their dolphin fix too!!

While out there they spotted an adult seal alone on shore. There were

three people who walked up to the seal, but didn't stay. Team R&B are guessing this seal is RL42 Leia based on cc scar on her left side.  They didn't go down to the area in that they figured by the time they got there the seal would have been run off.  For the time being she was resting peacefully.

They had checked pokai earlier, but it was when they went back for a second time they found a seal.

There hidden in the rocks sound a sleep was a fat female with many scars. It took them a minute but they realized it was R604. They couldn't remember seeing her land here before.  She was really hidden in the rocks which is good and will keep her safe. 

Lastly when they stopped at Kahe they found two seals. There was one male resting peacefully up on the rocks. It was Kekoa Alii RK72.

And to his right in the shallow pond was RM31 Kai. There were fish nibbling on his body, he just snoozed.  There are people who pay a lot of money for that type of therapy.  

whales

dolphin

RL42 ??

R604

RK72

RM31

December 29, 2024 Sunday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Team R&B💕

They had a much better day on the beaches today! They had seals, whales, and dolphins!

The first seal they spotted at their first stop at pokai.  There was RM31 Kai alone already hauled up on the rocks. He was sound a sleep.

Next they spotted RH76 Kala. She was foraging and then she came right up through the rocks and hauled into a small pond. She was very hidden. There was a fisher who never saw her, but she was aware of him. Team R&B got the fishers attention and let him know Kala was there. He was super nice and

moved away.

Team R&B spotted 8 boats out and wondered what they viewing. Well there was a whale that breached and made it known, she was there and back off.  

Their next stop was at cliffs where they spotted something in the water.  They were with a friend and they told him it looked like a seal.

They were able to determine it was an Unknown Adult foraging but couldn't get enough for an ID.  Their friend is the one with the big dog name Articus. Very handsome, very big!

Lastly they arrived at Kahe and were thrilled to find RK72 Kekoa Alii. He is completely molted and looking quite handsome in his new coat.  There is still a patch from where a camera was once attached.

While observing Kekoa they saw another seal swimming off the rocks, but it never hauled out. The seal continued in the KoOlina direction. They reported the seal as another unknown adult as there wasn't anything to go on for an ID.

RH76

RM31

Unknown Adult #1

whales

RK72

Unknown Adult #2