MonkSealMania.blogspot.com: 5/28/2018 Monk Deal Dailies: (part 1 )

Monday, May 28, 2018

5/28/2018 Monk Deal Dailies: (part 1 )

Today's dailies are brought to you by Marilyn, Team Billand, Melody and Lesley. Lesley's complete Ka'ena Point update is part 2 of the dailies.

Team Billand found Kaale RH32 foraging at the outfall. The fisherman told them he was there early and left about 6:45 am. But he was foraging off the jetty maybe 300 feet out. Ka'ale came in and of course all were worried because there were ulua lines out, good news is he passed by them. He came in the mid section of the outfall in a school of fish and got one. WITH a hook and line. It was a weke, Barbara could see the line and hook on the fish. Kaale did his thing and removed the fish off and gobbled it up. He then headed out of the area, made a left and was gone. Ka'ale was found again, this time on the rocks sleeping and Team Billand wasn't able to see any sign of a hook or line. They decided to leave the area, as there were people all over, kayaks, swimmers, and paddle boarders.

It's unclear to me how the timing of this played out.... I am going to assume this happened later in the day since Kaale was at the outfall at 6:45 am. Okay so Team Billand received a call that there were two seals at Paradise Cove, then there was a second call the seals were gone and heading to Lagoon 2, then Lagoon 3 and onto four. Team Billand made it out to Lagoon four but didn't see any seals , so they headed back to Paradise Cove. They met a woman on shore with a cell phone, so Barbara asked if she saw the two seals? Yes but they left the area, and they had been fighting. One had lots of green around it's eyes and the other one was really big. Barbara then asked if she took any pictures, "bingo"! And from looking at the photos she was able to ID Benny and Kaale. (Benny is the one with the white spot and the green eyes is Kaale)

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from the Pier for about 3 hours. She spotted 5 seals on the island today. To the far left out on the rock flats, was RN46 Kea who was readily ID'd by his male belly and the natural bleach on his right front flipper. At 1242 Kea got in the water and a few minutes later showed up in the left point inlet near Sadie and PO6. He looked around for a few minutes and then left in a hurry. Marilyn didn't think Sadie was aware of him, although the waves obscured that area for much of the time. Then at 1251 Kea hauled out about 50 ft right of the 3BS and remained there.

Sadie RB12 and PO6 were near the inlet when Marilyn arrived and later moved up. PO6 was obscured by Sadie for much of the first 45 minutes. They were mostly snoozing.

Straight down from the 1BS Marilyn spotted weaner RK38 Hali'a. She moved up twice but was mostly in snooze mode. Three guys in a boar were going up and down the coastline of Rabbit Island, but never landed while Marilyn was there.

Far to the right of the island on the waterfront rocks Marilyn found a partly hidden seal that she ID'd as RG32 by his N32 applied bleach.

Prior to going to the pier Marilyn was with Kaiwi and PO3 from 6 am until 8 am. They were already in the water when she arrived and swam about for an hour or so, and the hauled out on the rocks to nurse. The pup is packing on the pounds, Mom still looks in good condition. PO3 is about 5 weeks old today.

Melody headed out to the east side today and was hoping to catch a glimpse of Kaimana RJ58. The good news she was seen, the bad news she had gone back into the water before Melody got there.

So Melody decide to go further up and check in on Honey Girl R5AY and PO2. Today makes about 48 days for this Mom and Pup pair. Melody arrived about 3 and not long after they went into the water. PO2 loved the water and Mom on the other hand looks very worn out and not as enthusiastic, but she kept up with the kid and kept an eye on her. They stayed in the water with Mom only coming out once for a 5 minute break. Their water session lasted at least 2 hours, and PO2 was foraging was able to make some catches on her own. As Melody mentioned it's probably good since Cafe Honey Girl will be shutting down soon. ( check out the videos)

Ka'ale RH32