9/2/2018 Monk Seal Dailies: (part 2) Lesley's Ka'ena Update

Long weekend, lots of work around here doing outreach with campers, hikers, fishermen,...

It poured all night, everything was green and roads very slippery, just like driving on butter.

Regarding the seal world:

I started off at 7:30am checking Camp Erdman, it was seal free and people packed.

Then the front of our beach access an overnighted RG40 "Holokai" was sleeping on soft sand. He was there till the early afternoon but gone at sunset.

Heading in to the point RN58 "Luana" was in a little nook @ Dragon Rock Cove. She was still there when I went out in the afternoon with Jaime. She had fitted her self in cove in a reef wall.

In the NARS, RK36 "Kauai Kolohe" was doing the hippo in Nihoa's Pool. I got a water shot of his tag from the cliff !!

RO40 "Ka'ena" hauled out over some reefs into some tide pools after bobbing up and down looking for friends. He was still there in our afternoon check.

Jaime and I got poured on this afternoon and got soaked to the bone. Our drive back was a little adventure and the Polaris did great.  More tomorrow