MonkSealMania.blogspot.com: 3/28/2018 Monk Seal Dailies:

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

3/28/2018 Monk Seal Dailies:

Today's dailies are brought to you by Lesley, Gayle and photographer Melody.

Gayle's only find today was Kaiwi RK96. I am sure Gayle didn't mind since we all know Kaiwi is her favorite. Gayle did mention there was a lot of whale action today and the surf is still rough in the area.

Melody had an great seal day today. Her first stop on the west side was about 10 am when she spotted RN14 Kalani laying on the upper rocks with his very visible bleach mark. He had his head in a hole and his hind flipper in a tide pool. Smart seal since Melody reported it was blazing hot out there. Soon after Melody spotted Lei Ola RH48 hauling out in the lower tide pool. She was as cute as always staying cool in the water. Both sightings were called into the hotline an about an hour later a volunteer arrived. Melody left a little after 12.

On her way home she stopped by White Plains ( of course she had to check to see :-) and just as she was walking out to the beach Buster V08 was hauling out by Tower 2 and the lifeguards (bless their hearts) already had signs out waiting for him, since it's the same place he hauled out the day before.
At the other end of the beach by Tower 1 there was another seal who had been there since 9:30 am. A volunteer had just arrived at the beach unofficially with a friend so between the two they worked together to ID both seals. The seal at tower 1 being a large marge female was ID'd as Pohaku. Both seals were called into the hotline. Melody left about 3:00 while the other two stayed enjoying the day monitoring both seals.

And NOW for the rest of the story; Lesley's Ka'ena Point Update

I was heading out to the point by 8 am in an absolutely beautiful morning.