Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1 - 2:30 pm today. There were two critters on Left Point Beach left side of the 1BS. The seals were the same larger seals she spotted yesterday.
UAM - unknown adult male, adult size, old coat, dark, mottled male belly, at least one tag on right rear flipper. Possible applied bleach on back may "O3" It is possible what looked like a green applied bleach was the result of water marks from getting splashed.
Sub-adult, possibly a male. This is the seal that is molting and appears to be about 90% complete. Ventral side is completely new fur and there are a few patches of old fur on the dorsal surface. This critter has at least one red tag.
Team Billand arrived at a west side spot and spotted three seals on the rocks. There was RH36 Kawena and RN14 Kalani together on lower rocks. RG28 Lefty was just over the right, same palce as yesterday alone snoozing.
When they did their recheck all three critters were still there.Despite their endless looking they did not find RH92 Nalani today.
However they did have a couple special finds. A very lovely, big robust RL42 was resting alone on the rocks. She was there until a wave came and pulled her down the rocks, but she held on and stayed. Team Billand was thrilled as they hadn't seen her in a while.
Next surprise for Team Billand was when they took a ride out and made a stop to say a prayer for little RK88 Puna who we lost earlier this year. They spot a young seal on a sand patch between the rocks. They spotted bleach N17 and still wasn't' sure who it was, so will a little help from the monk seal posse they figured out it was Kalua RL20.
He's such a cute kid, looking healthy. He was sleeping and pretty much hidden. People were starting to arrive in the area so Team Billand left the area to not bring attention to him.
All in all it was a good seal day.
molting sub-adult/adult
unknown male and molting sub adult
Kawena RH36
Kalani RN14 and Kawena RH36
Kalani RN14
RG28 Lefty
RL42 Leia
RL20 Kalua N17
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