MonkSealMania.blogspot.com: 9/13/2017 Monk Seal Dailies: Squinty, BG, Kauai Kolohe, Pohaku, Holokai, RJ16, Rabbit Island Critters and a little surprise.

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

9/13/2017 Monk Seal Dailies: Squinty, BG, Kauai Kolohe, Pohaku, Holokai, RJ16, Rabbit Island Critters and a little surprise.

Today's Dailies are brought to you by, Lesley, Team Billand, Team T&D and Gayle has a whopper of a story!

We start with Lesley's update from Birth Beach. First as of now;

R330 Squinty has been there for 14 days and gone through a molt
R303 BG has been there for 6 days
RK36 Kauai Kolohe 3 days.

Lesley went down just after sunrise and found all three had spent another night. Squinty was in the same spot as yesterday. BG & Kauai Kolohe snuggled together very close to abandon tents. Surf was big and high tide getting closer to trash. Great news Jamie, Eric, Mark, Marigold and all those involved did a great job clearing out the debris.
Afternoon check Kauai Kolohe left the area, Squinty and BG are nice and dry high up from the surf.

Team Billand checked on Pohaku at 5:45 am at Depots. They called the hotline and left a message. Once it was light Team Billand could see folks were around and spent some time educating people that she wasn't dead. They departed at 8 am. When they returned at 12:12 pm Pohaku was gone, one of the folks said she went for a swim about 11:50. They found Pohaku hauled out to the right of her previous location and much closer to a homeless camp. Let's hope she decides to find a new area altogether. Barbara also did the trek to 40 minute beach and found no critters (in this heat that is quite a task)

Team T&D were at Turtle Bay today and found little green machine Holokai RG40, Snoozing the day away in his usual spot and no sign of molting. Their next find was Holokai's little brother RJ16 also snoozing the day away, although he's quite chubby with a beautiful clean coat. (anyone have the dates of Holokai's last years molt?)

Today Gayle found two critters on Rabbit Island. BUT the biggest and most surprising news was tonight she checked the blowhole. She spotted a small "weaner" size animal, which of course is exciting and she was expecting to find Aka RJ06 (makes sense since so close to Rabbit Island).
When she got home and checked her photos... SURPRISE it was Nani's little girl RJ30, This is her first sighting off Moku Nui. (This is a moment that I know would thrill DB using words like shock and awe, and YA DONE GOOD GAYLE !! )

RK36 Kauai Kolohe & BG early morning