Wednesday, July 11, 2018

7/11/2018 Monk Seal Dailies: (part 1)

Today's dailies are brought to you by Team Billand and Lesley. Lesley's complete Ka'ena Update is part two of the dailies. 

Team Billand was running a little late this morning but made it to the outfall in time to find Ka'ale foraging.  He wasn't his usual relaxed over indulgent self, when they noticed RN14 popped out of the water and a fight broke out. The fishermen continued to fish. 

It appears RN14 Kalani was bulling RH32 Ka'ale and they went from the outfall to a corner and midway of the beach. Finally both animals left the outfall, made it far into the open ocean heading west.  

Team Billand sid spot them at a nearby beach but they were still fighting and both left. Team Billand continued looking for them all day, and at one point did see a couple of seals at a westside beach but before they could get close enough for a picture or ID they were gone.


Team Billand also checked on the new kid 8HD/8HL in the same area as he has been for the last three days. He was sleeping on the grass.  From information Team Billand gathered this fella is older and may have recently molted. He doesn't have any green algae, and all his markers are clearly visible.

People were gathered and were making sea lion sounds, trying to get his attention. They spent time educating a lot of the folks, called the hotline. They left a message with ID and location. 


A volunteer did arrive but did not stay very long, so team Billand decided to stay longer.  He remained on the grass and was covered in ants, he finally moved to the water and the ants were gone. They watched and saw a lot of fish swimming within inches of his face, but he just slept. After 3 hours of watching over him they left for the day. 

RH32 Ka'ale
 Ka'ale and RN14 Kalani
 Kalani RN14 
da boys still arguing
8HD/8HL

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