May 17, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:29 to 2:15 pm and there were nine seals today.

Marilyn was surprised to find two mom and pup pairs on LPB. RK38 and PO4 joined MO3 and PO3 on the beach. 

Nearer the LPB channel was MO3 and her five week old pup PO3. They had an extended nursing session before moving up the beach and were essentially behind the other mom and pup.

RK38 Hali'a and her pup PO4 were closer to the shore on LPB. They

too, moved up the beach. Marilyn is reasonably sure she saw at least one tag on RK38. Mom and pup seem healthy.

RF34 Pua and her pup PO5 were again located between the 1BS and 2BS. They did enter the water for an extended swim. Later they hauled out a short time before Marilyn left for the day.

Between Middle Cliff and 3BS was Sub-Adult Female 1: sub-adult size, green female belly and two red tags.

Between 3BS and SRI was Sub-adult Female 2: sub-adult size, light female belly and two red tags.

Initially behind waterfront rocks on the RRB side of SRI channel was an Unknown Sub-adult. The seal briefly showed its belly, but Marilyn couldn't be sure show its reported as an unknown. Later the SU moved up closer to the cliff. No info on tags.

Team R&B started their day on the west side. Their first find was R3CX Nalu. He was on the rocks where Kala usually spends time. Then he moved into the pond area where she often sleep. Guess he is missing her. Then he moved into a crevasse  and was completely

hidden.

While in the area they spotted a seal swimming. The seal was coming into the area and it was RH76 Miss Kala. She came into seal inlet looked around, then cautiously hauled up to the zen area. Miss Kala is looking quite large.

They saw another seal swimming by but could not get an ID. They could see it was an adult with tags. The seal never landed so it was reported as an Unknown Adult.

Out on the water they spotted dolphins swimming about. Then they saw a fin moving really fast and realized it was a shark. That could be why the dolphins were going every which way.

Then they came across RG28 Lefty. He was alone resting in a pond. They were happy to see him.

Lastly they got word of a seal on the rocks. They headed over after waiting out the heavy rains, that lasted over an hour.  But it was worth the wait, they found on the rocks RP30 Puka. Then the waves washed him off and he started to look for a new spot. Eventually he gave up and left.

Rabbit Island

R3CX

RH76

Unknown Adult

shark

dolphins

RG28

RP30

May 16, 2026 Saturday's Dailies

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

In yesterday's news Team R& finally got power back so they sent their update from yesterday.

On the west side their first seal was RS32 who hauled up after they had followed her for 25 minutes. At first they though it was a big turtle until she came up to the surface.

Then they found two seals side by side near seal inlet. They couldn't ID the male, didn't see tags, scar on right side of face. He has a pudgy face, but couldn't come up with an ID.

The female was RL70 Leina. They confirmed her ID while viewing their photos. They saw her white nails and one red tag.

Today they only found one seal. They were thrilled to see RL20 Kalua resting on the rocks. Both his applied bleaches N17 & N11 were visible.  

When they did a  recheck later, he was gone.

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:40 to 2:07 pm. Once again the moms and pups were the only seals on island during that time.

On LPB were MO3 and PO3. MO3 is looking smaller each time Marilyn sees her, while PO3 increases in size. Marilyn could see the applied 3 bleach on its mid back. Marilyn won't be surprised if MO3 leaves soon. She'll be known as Mystery Mom.

Between the 1BS and 2BS were RF34 Pua and her pup PO5. The pup was mostly hidden behind Pua the entire viewing session. Both seem to be doing fine. Marilyn could see at least one of Pua's red tags.

Initially RK38 and her pup PO4 were in the water. They ultimately hauled out and moved up the beach before they went into nursing mode. The pup nursed for a time and then crawled around behind mom. Marilyn could see PO4's Allflex tag on RRF. RK38 still seems to have a fair amount of fat.

RS32

RL70 & U.M

RL20

Rabbit Island