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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

November 19, 2024 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 3:02 to 4:03 om and there was only one seal seen during that time.

Between 3BS and SRI was an Adult Female: adult size, at least one red tag and mottled gray female belly.

Earlier in the morning Marilyn was out and once again spotted weaner RT62 Ka'iwa. She was hauled out when Marilyn arrived, then she

moved up into the leaves and went into snooze mode. She was ID'd by her small weaner size, applied N22 bleach, T62/63 tags and tannish brown female belly.

Team R&B arrived at rest camp and spotted R3CX Nalu and RH48 Lei Ola further out. Both stayed away from the other two seals as well as a couple of sharks in the area.

Team R&B noted that when the sharks are in the seals go further out and so do the dolphins.

They tried to get photos of the sharks passing by while the seals were further out.

Also out there today were RL20 Kalua and RM31 Kai. The two of them put on a show for all to see. They noted that RL20 seems to chase RM31 all the time. At first they spotted them hugging and then it turned into a chase and fight, splashing all over the place.

Team R&B had checked several other areas and didn't see any other seals until late in the afternoon. They spotted a seal from afar at tracks. It appears to be a male, new coat, they thought it might be RH32 Kaale. They didn't go to the site to get a closer look mostly because of traffic at that time of day.

Rabbit Island

RT62

shark passing by

RH48

R3CX

RL20 & RM31

RL20

dolphins

unknown male

Monday, November 18, 2024

November 18, 2024 Monday's Dailies

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

While Marilyn was out this afternoon she went to see if RT62 was around. Sure enough the weaner was hauled out making herself comfortable in the pile of leaves. She was ID'd by her weaner size, older coat, tan female belly and RT62 tag. Seems she is leaving in the evening and hauling back out the next morning. Gamma Gayle and crew are providing most of the monitoring so we know she is in good hands.

Team R&B started their day at rest-camp. They saw four jet skis were out on the water, most likely part

of the movie set being filmed in the area. There were multiple seals out as well, the seals would pass the jet skis and then dive down.

RH48 Lei Ola was spotted. She was foraging going in and out of the area.

Then there was RL20 Kalua once again being vocal. He was foraging fast and furious.

The beast as they call him R3CX Nalu was out and about. He was busy chasing and eating plenty of fish. When he wasn't eating he was busy chasing RH48 Lei Ola.

Next stop was at the cliffs where they found RM31 Kai. He was alone on the rocks resting. They also found RL42 Leia, same site but away from RM31. She was in the same spot as yesterday alone and doing okay.

Lastly they made a stop at pokau. Finally two seals had hauled out. It was Nalu R3CX and RL20 Kalua, both resting about just 12 feet apart.

RT62

RH48

RL20

R3CX

RM31

RL42

R3CX - hauled out

RL20 - hauled out

Sunday, November 17, 2024

November 17, 2024 Sunday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:57 to 2:02 pm and there was only one seal seen during that time.

Between the 3BS and SRI was a small seal Marilyn labeled as an Unknown Juvenile: weaner to juvenile size, newer coat, light belly covered in sand so no call on its sex, and unsure about tags.

Marilyn had been out earlier in the morning where she spotted a small seal hauled out. Once again it was RT62 Ka'iwa was hauled out. She was ID'd by her small weaner size, female belly N22 applied bleach and T62 tag. Marilyn notified the hotline. There was a beach clean up in progress but everyone was respectful of RT62.

Team R&B arrived at rest camp and once again there were multiple seals foraging. I know Team R&B take great joy in watching the seals in action. Todays foraging seals started with RH48 Lei Ola who is getting greener by the day. Kalua RL20 was also out there foraging.

Next they spotted R3CX Nalu. They commented on how good of a fisher he is. He manages to catch so many. He just cruised on the surface like he is resting, breathing, but he's listening for the fish. When his eyes open, he puts his head up and arches his body and dives. Next he surfaces with a fish in his mouth, chomping away.

Last stop was at the cliffs. There was RM31 Kai alone resting on the rocks. They had wondered why they didn't see him at rest camp, seems he needed to get some rest.

RT62

Unknown Juvenile

RH48

RL20

R3CX

RM31

Saturday, November 16, 2024

November 16, 2024 Saturday's Dailies

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

Marilyn met up with Diane and Lesley to check out Ka'ena Point.

Before heading out to Ka'ena Point they made a stop to check on mom BG R303 and her male pup PO12. It looked like that had recently hauled out and were in snooze mode. PO12 looks like he's put on weight and his coat is beginning to lighten.

Their next stop they found three seals:

Slightly closer to Ka'ena Point was RL74 Kami snoozing alone on the beach. She was ID'd by her sub-adult size and L74 tags.

A short distance away closer to camp erdman were:

R330 Squinty: adult size, about 90% molted, male belly and small ventral nb and tag 3CA.

Just hauling out and moving up to R330 was RL47 Kamakana. Squinty was not happy with RL47's approach so they had a few words before going into snooze mode. RL47 was ID'd by his L47 tag.

Inside the NAR were three seals:

On the rocks near the inlet of the main pool was R418 Kamea: she was ID'd by her sub-adult to adult size, newer coat and a scar on her left neck area.

On the rock reef outside the main pool was RG32: adult size, older coat, male belly and scar on his forehead.

On back beach was RT98 Eha: weaner size, tan coat, light tan female belly and T99 tag.

On Marilyn's way home from Ka'ena point she made a quick stop

when she noticed a seal hauling out on a east side beach. The seal was R016 Right Spot: adult size, new coat, nb on her right rear side, female belly and a variety of ventral scars.

Marilyn also found RT62 again hauled out. She was sleeping peacefully among the leaves from a nearby tree. RT62: small weaner size, tan female belly and RT62/T63 tags.

Team R&B included junior sealette today. They first stopped at rest-camp where once again there were multiple seals foraging. First to be

ID'd was R3CX Nalu. He was out there foraging like crazy.

Next was RM31 Kai who went from foraging to bothering his buddy RL20 Kalua. RL20 Kalua was quiet today, must be happy to be hanging out with RM31. The two of them were very busy playing and eating.

Miss Lei Ola RH48 was out there foraging with the males. She did her best to keep her distance until RL20 caught up with her and started bugging her. He wasn't the only one, RM31 Kai made his way over and did his part annoying her.

After leaving rest camp they spotted a seal at cliffs. The seal was resting on the rocks, clean coat, but they just couldn't confirm its ID. It had a subtle bleach mark on its side. They didn't see any tags because of its position, but they did see a scar on the fore flipper. They thought maybe R617 but will have to labeled as an U/U for now.

Lastly at another west side location they spotted a seal resting on the rock at the waterfront. They were happy to see RH76 Kala. Happy that she moved from her previous location where there are lots of dogs and people. She is looking good, resting alone and was kind enough to show her tag to confirm her ID.