April 13, 2026 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 10:43 am to 1:12 pm and there were six seals seen today.

Out on LPB was MO3 and her pup PO3. PO3 was hidden behind mom for much of the time, but Marilyn did get to see PO3 several times. Marilyn still isn't sure of the ID of MO3. It could be Sadie RB12, but she can't say for sure.  Mom and pup seem to be doing fine.

Almost directly down from the 3BS was a Juvenile Female: small juvenile size, older coat, tannish yellow female belly and two red

tags.  She almost looked as small as PO4.

YES the big news of the day was the arrival of PO4 to mom MO4 about 50 feet Makapuu of the 3BS. The pup appeared to be in a small tide pool near the waterfront rocks. Soon after viewing, RF34 Pua hauled out near MO4 and PO4 and a short time later they were joined by RL08 "BamBam SquarePants". MO4 is the female with the lower neck/upper chest scar. 

RF34 and RL08 did move in the Makapuu direction so MO4 and pup had some space.

RF34 was identified by her large size, very pregnant female belly. her right rear scar and at least one red tag.

Team R&B started on the west side. They found Miss Kala RH76 alone and resting.  Hopefully sometime soon she will be out of the area and heading to a good pupping spot.

While with Miss Kala they saw a Heron posing like a Plover and they took a pic of a butterfly.

They got word there was a seal on shore at plains. So they headed out and when they arrived they found not one but four seals. The lifeguards set up a nice protection zone for them.

The first seal they ID'd was Miss Aukai RL12. She was in the company of three males, big boy R407, cutie pie RT06 and last but not

least RN14 Kalani.

Heading back to the west side they found RM31 Kai. He was resting peacefully alone. There was no one bothering him for a change.  There was a chopper that flew over very low, they think it was HFD doing exercises. RM31 got a little nervous, but stayed and settled in.

Rabbit Island

RH76

RL12

R407

RT06

RN14

Trio - R407 - RT06 - RN14

All Four - da boyz and RL12

RM31

April 13, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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Tammy sent me an email last evening so in the yesterday's news department: There was a call from the coconut wireless and Team R&B got word that N45 Temp 402 was hauled out at a beach in Kahala.

They couldn't go but they let the posse know and Tammy happen to be in the area so she went to check it out.   Needless to say Team R&B were thrilled to know he's doing okay.

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1:35 to 3:27 pm and there were five seals seen during that time.

Out on the rock flats Lanikai side of LPB was an Adult Female: large adult size, tan female belly with protruding nipples, at least one and probably two tags, scar on lower neck/upper chest. She is huge and will probably pup soon.

On the 1BS side of LPB was MO3: large size, no info on sex or tags. Marilyn did not see PO3 today, but she thinks it was on mom's ventral size, because she looked up frequently check her ventral side. Marilyn still wasn't able to get an ID on MO3 and she didn't give her anything to go on.

Directly down from the 1BS was an Adult Unknown:: smaller adult size, no into on sex or tags.

On the rock flats on the 3BS side of SRI was R7AF: smaller adult size, difficult to read applied N61 bleach, no info on tags.

Out on RRB was a Sub-adult Unknown: small sub-adult to large juvenile size light yellow ventral, no info on sex or tags.

Team R&B were out searching and not finding any seals on the west side.  They decided to check out plains and when they arrived they saw three seals.  They saw R407 resting by the fence line. Then together were RL12 Aukai and RN14 Kalani.

Then R407 decided to move up and so did RN14 Kalani. Seems Kalani didn't like R407 checking on RL12 Aukai. Kalani charged over about 20 feet towards R407. There was a very happy bystander taking a video. Team R&B moved one of the signs back to give the seals more room.

RN14 Kalani was whooping at R407.... so R407 was smart and flipped over like he was interested. That was good because Kalani turned to face RL12 Aukai.  All was calm. Team R&B stayed about two hours.

The only other critters they found during their travels today were four boobies hanging out on a wall. They put on a good show while they flew out, swooping down, diving in the water and catching a fish.

They suspect with all the rain and flooding that even the goats were happy this afternoon with the sunshine.

N45 aka Temp 402

Rabbit Island

R407

RN14

RN14 & RL12

Trio - R407-RN14-RL12

Boobies

April 12, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 11:11 to 1:04 pm and there is some exciting news. 

The big news of the day is that PO3 has arrived and unfortunately Marilyn couldn't ID mom, so she will be MO3 for now. PO3 seems healthy and active, moved around a lot, nursed or at least tried to nurse multiple times and did snooze for a while. Marilyn did look over MO3 to see if there were any markers. She thought maybe RK37 or RB12 Sadie who is predicted to give birth at the end of April. 

Almost directly down from the 3BS was a pregnant adult female that she is labeling RF34 Pua because of the distinctive scar on her right rear side. Marilyn thought the unknown adult she saw yesterday might be her based on the scar. But now she knows its a female she's more confident its RF34. 

Between the 3BS and SRI was another Adult Female who Marilyn suspects is also pregnant. This the AF with the lower neck/upper chest scar that she has previously reported. 

Looks like Rabbit Island will turn into a nursery soon.

Before Marilyn got to the pier she got a text from Gamma Gayle. There was a seal hauled out on one of the beaches so Marilyn checked it out. Gayle though the seal was R3CX: adult male, older coat, male belly and at least one tag showing an eroded 3C and partial X on the left rear flipper.  Apparently he's been in the area for at least a week. This is the first time Marilyn has seen him in this area. He usually west side or out at Ka'ena Point.

Team R&B searched the west side. They found Miss Kala RH76 at

her zen area. She was very alert, as there was a family close by searching for shells. Team R&B hung out for an hour keeping an eye out for Kala. The mom apologized for getting in the way. RH76 was very aware of them especially when the little one started throwing rocks, thankfully none hit Kala.

Team R&B did a re-check later in the day and Kala was gone.

Despite the rain Team R&B made their way to plains, especially after all the excitement from yesterday.

Today they found RT06 alone snoozing all day in a zone set up for him. They noted he had some gunk on his head.  (probably an exploded sea cucumber).

The only other seal was by the fence line. It was RP20, she was alone. They noted she also had some gunk on her side. Team R&B were aware that usually on rainy days the seals barely move.  They hung out for a couple of hours, but no other seals showed up.

Rabbit Island 

R3CX

RH76

RT06

RP20