April 30, 2025 Wednesday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Marilyn, Tammy and Team  R&B💕

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:14 to 2:02 pm and only the moms and pups were seen during her observations.

When she arrived PO3 was nursing on MO3 along the water line of LPB. Later they moved up and PO3 had another feed. At 1:34 pm, mom and pup entered the water and were still there when Marilyn left.

RF34 Pua and PO4 were in the nearshore waters between 3BS and SRI when Marilyn started viewing. Several times she saw the pup trying to nurse on mom in the water. That always seems to be difficult. Pua and PO4 hauled out about

1:30 pm. PO4 seemed to be trying to get Pua to roll over so it could nurse. When Pua finally did present to the pup, the kid moved up and around her head then went behind her. Go figure? lol  

Both moms still look plump and healthy and the pups are both putting on weight.

Tammy beings us news from Molokai where she is visiting. (Lucky)  She hiked with posse pal Liz and they found four seals. The first was a little female RS04. They found another seal in the shallows. They had sit for a while before he rolled over. This male is a new seal to Liz, so

they reported him as an Unknown Male. (hopefully someone from NOAA will recognize him).  The third seal they found at the turn around point, a male RI13. He is one of the oldest seals on Molokai and most likely on the main Hawaiian Islands.  Lastly they found a seal on the way back. It was RO4M a male one of the pups born at Kalaupapa.  Just to put the icing on the cake they got to see a couple of whales breaching.

Team R&B arrived at Kahe and spent some time watching the

dolphins at play. There were so many people out in the water with them. Then out of nowhere they spotted a seal with the pod. The seal never landed, but they believe its an adult with a green snout. They lost sight of it before they could determine anything else so it was reported as an Unknown Adult.

On their early check at Pokai there were no seals, lots of fish but no seals.

Upon their late check of the same area there were still no seals, leaving them wondering where the heck are all the seals?  Then a seal showed up and hauled into seal inlet. They saw the fishing line and knew it was RH32 Kaale. He didn't stay, just came in, rolled around then turned and left the area. 

Rabbit Island

Molokai - RS04

Molokai Unknown Male

RI13

RO4M

U/A

dolphins

RH32