April 28, 2026 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:55 to 2:48 pm and there were seven seals seen during that time.

Near the 1BS side of :PB was MO3 and her pup PO3. Both seem to be doing well. Marilyn saw two nursing sessions, but no swim session. She may have seen the applied "3" bleach on the right side of PO3.

About 60 feet Makapuu of the 3BS was RF34 Pua and her pup PO5. Marilyn did not see much of the pup today and didn't see any nursing sessions. The pup came around mom for a short while but then moved behind her again. PO5 is two weeks old today.

About 50 feet further in the Makapuu direction was RK38 Hali'a. Once again RK38 made it difficult for her pup PO4 to nurse. First the pup climbed up from behind to nurse. Later POO4 moved around to the front but still had to climb up mom to nurse. A red-footed booby photo bombed them in one of the photos.

Behind the rocks on the RRB side of th SRI channel was an Unknown Unknown. Marilyn only got glimpses of the seal which was mostly hidden behind the rocks. The seal did appear to vocalize which made Marilyn wondered whether there was another seal hidden behind the rocks. 

Team R&B had a slow start to their seal sightings today. So they spend some time watching the boobies fishing and resting. They truly are amazing.

Finally when they made a stop at kahe they spotted a seal resting on the rocks. It was RG28 Lefty on his own. They saw his big scar on his left for flipper. Its all healed and looks good. 

They returned in the afternoon and he was still there, had moved to the pond.

They headed over to plains hoping there would be more seals. They did see a seal on shore by the fence line. It was the lovely RP20 from Kauai. She was alone and resting peacefully. 

Team R&B waited around for more seals but none came.

Finally after a month of not being able to get to the cliffs area, they ventured out. They were happy they did because there was one seal

resting. It was RL42 Leia looking nice and fat. She was alone and resting peacefully. The area is still pretty quiet so it was nice not to have all the traffic. As soon as they spotted a car they left the area, so RL42 could continue her undisturbed rest.

Rabbit Island

RG28

RP20

RL42

April 27, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 11:48 am to 2:01 pm and there were seven seals seen during that time.

On LPB were MO3 and her pup PO3. Marilyn saw one nursing session, but no swim session today. The pup seems active and healthy.

About 50 feet Makapuu of the 3BS were RF34 Pua and her pup PO5. Marilyn saw the pup several time but no nursing sessions. Mom and pup seem healthy.

About 60 feet further towards SRI was RK38 Hali'a and her pup PO4.

As usual RK38 was in shallow water. PO4 seemed irritated that it could not nurse. Finally RK38 hauled out about 1:30 pm and PO4 almost immediately started nursing. PO4 nursed for 30 minutes before going into snooze mode. Marilyn did briefly see the applied bleach on RK38's left rear side. 

Up from the SRI channel was a Juvenile Female: large juvenile size, old coat with a yellow female belly with lots of green, dark patched under her eyes and two red tags.

Starting their day on the west side Team R&B spotted a fat female. She was alone resting on seal inlet. They were able to ID Kala RH76.

There were no other seals seen on the west side, so they headed over to plains. On shore were two adult seals near the fence line. There was Miss Aukai RL12 resting with RN14 Kalani. 

Then way down by the cabins they spotted another seal. It was a female RP20 alone resting peacefully.

They did some checking and read she was born in 2021 to mom R400 from Polihale Kauai. Seems RP20 was relocated to a better spot where there was more food available.

Rabbit Island

RH76

RL12

RN14

RN14 & RL12

RP20

April 26. 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:24 to 2:20 pm and today there were only moms and pups.

Again on LPB was MO3 and her pup PO3. They did two swims approximately 15 minutes each time. Marilyn isn't sure who initiated the swims. When they hauled out the first time PO3 nursed. Marilyn still hasn't seen the applied "3" bleach on PO3. Marilyn thinks a Wedge-tailed Shearwater photo-bombed one of the photos. Both mom and pup seem healthy.

RF34 Pua's pup PO5 spent most of its time hidden behind mom. Marilyn did not see any nursing. Pua only seemed to have only three functional nipples today. Her left rear scar was readily visible. She did not see the applied 5 bleach on PO5.

For the second day in a row Marilyn only saw the top of PO4's head. RK38 Hali'a seems to keep her pup hidden behind her. Marilyn did see an applied bleach low on the left rear side of RK38. She could make out N0 but the 4 was difficult. 

Team R&B got word of two seals hauling out at plains. So they headed over and when they arrived they saw RN14 Kalani with RP20 (little female from Kauai born 2021) They did see her tags. RN14 has no tags, but a scar on the right side of his head, and his natural bleach on right side. They were in a zone and all was good people stayed behind the signs.

Heading back they stopped at kahe where they spotted a seal on the rocks. They were surprised because this wasn't the usual area. The seal

was alone resting, at first they didn't know who it was. But then they saw its tags, it is Puka RP30.  That was it for seals.

At their last stop of the day they saw two whales off shore traveling west. They were thrilled to see them and say bye until next season.

 

Rabbit Island

RN14

RP20

RP30

Whales