Also I wanted to share this link to NOAA's update on the recent losses from 2019.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/endangered-species-conservation/hawaiian-monk-seal-updates
Posse Pal Vicki was on the north shore today. She got to spend time with K80 Katie who was snoozing. Then just around the corner she found Holokai RG40. Along with watching over these two she enjoyed the show the whales were putting on today.Team Billand was at the outfall this morning and spotted a seal at the end of the Jetty, then the seal disappeared. They were unable to get a picture of the UU.
Then just before 10 am they found Ka'ale RH32 sleeping on the rocks at a haul out not to far from the outfall. They rechecked on him in the afternoon and he was still there.
But on this morning Team Billand was thrilled to capture a picture of a boobie eating a fish. ;-)
At a west side beach they found R3CX Nalu on lower rocks. ID was easy with his tags visible.
To the right of Nalu was Kekoa Alii RK72 snoozing. He's looking nice and fat.
Seal #3 was R3CU laying off to the right. It took Team Billand some time to make his ID but thankfully he did a flipper flex.
At noon Team Billand spotted a little cutie coming in. RL20 Kalua wasted no time to get up on lower rocks and sniffed out R3CX. Nalu got up from his snooze checked out the kid and then they both went to sleep for the rest of the day.Last seal of the day was Lina RL98. Team Billand found her at 3:30 tucked in the rocks really hard to see. BUT the good news her applied bleach N34 was visible. She was alone and in snooze mode.
Team Billand did witness a lot of seal action today, I guess the humpbacks were happy to see the sun.
Holokai G40
K80 Katie
Look boobies
Whale breach
But Team Billand got boobie eating on fish
Ka'ale RH32
Nalu R3CX/CZ
R3CU
Kekoa
RL20 Kalua
RL20 Nalu and R3CX
RL98 Lina
Whales
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