06/30/2020 Tuesday Act-With-Care (98) Monk Seal Dailies

Today's dailies are brought to you by Team Billand and Melody.  
Melody brings news of Kaiwi RK96 yesterday and today.  Our girl has been hanging out in Waikiki and enjoying the sunshine. Her natural bleach on her head was visible. The lifeguards were kind enough to put up a zone around her with signs. Melody called the hotline to inform them. Beach was busy surf was rough and the tide was coming in quickly. 
Kaiwi moved up the sand and towards the crowd after getting hit by waves. Melody adjusted the SRA to accommodate Kaiwi. Melody did lots of outreach about Kaiwi's story until a volunteer arrived.
Today was pretty much a repeat of yesterday with the exception of along with the crowd there were dogs on the beach close by. Melody stayed for a couple of hours until they dogs were gone.  Melody did call it into the hotline, and she was informed a volunteer had been there and left.

Team Billand found RL20 Kalua on lower rocks. The waves soon pushed him about and he headed to higher ground and took notice of the other critters and headed towards them.
Nalu R3CX was making moves on Kala RH76 and that is when Kalua headed to them. But Nalu wasn't having it and barked at Kalua, who backed off and turned away.

Team Billand spot another seal approaching from the west side. It's Ka'ale RH32 coming in like a bullet. He's looking, bobbing, sniffing, swimming to the right and then to the left. 
Well it seems Nalu R3CX had pooped earlier and that is what Ka'ale was reacting to, because he never saw the three critters to the right.  He left the area and they did not see him again.

Kaiwi - yesterday and today 

 Everyone in respectable distance

Kalua RL20

 Kala RH76 & Nalu R3CX

 R3CX Nalu 

 Kala RH76

Ka'ale RH32

06/29/2020 Monday Act-With-Care (97) Monk Seal Dailies

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

I am sharing a video put together by Melody that she posted on Facebook of Kaimana. Today is her 3rd Birthday.  Happy Birthday Kaimana!

Team Billand arrived at the Jetty before 8 am and noticed a seal hauled out on shore at the next beach over. They made their way over and found Aukai RL12 looking very green and peaceful. They called the hotline right away. They stuck around watching over her. 
There were some dog prints by her but no human prints.  They waited around thinking that Ka'ale would show up but he didn't.
One of the fishermen showed up and wanted a picture of the "fish thief". They tried explaining this was not the fish thief Ka'ale it's a female named Aukai. He didn't care just had to get that photo. 

Just before 10:30 Team Billand found Kala RH76 on a westside beach inland and sleeping alone. She is a big seal, looking green in the face and not any real markers. Thankfully she has N77 applied bleach on her left side.

Later they did a recheck and she was still in the same spot. There were waves covering the area soon to reach her.

Team Billand next find was Kekoa Alii RK72 foraging doing 6 minute dives. The water was pretty rough, making keeping track of him a challenge. 

Last but not least Team Billand checked every nook and cranny

looking for Lei Ola. At one point after looking and looking they heard a snort, and a loud one at that. They went back looking didn't see a seal, but then notices a hind flipper in the air.  Watching intently the seal came up on the rocks with a wave.  Seal came galumphing up stopped in a small corner of the rocks. Another wave came and pushed her up and there she was in all her glory Lei Ola RH48. She is completely molted looking like a pup. So clean and kind of pudgy, what a quick molt and how beautiful she looks.  Needless to say this made Team Billand very very happy.

Happy 3rd Birthday Kaimana - get yourself a cup of coffee or a drink for this, it's 6+ minutes of love

Aukai RL12 

Kala RH76

 Kekoa Alii RK72  

Lei Ola RH48

 

06/29/2020 (part 2) Lesley's Ka'ena Update

Another 2 in 1 report

Yesterday I sneaked down to the beach in the morning and late afternoon. RN58 Luana overnighted in the company of RG28 Lefty. When I last saw them they were on the waterline then Luana turned around and made her way all the way to the Naupaka with Lefty right behind her. She didn't seem pleased to have him tagging her but he voiced back and stood ground. They settled down after a nice passing shower.

PO4 Kai D67 was in is adopted tide pool and in the evening he had hauled out and was sleeping quietly on a little patch of sand.

Today between a couple of showers I went down and found 3 seals hauled out. RN58 Luana with RG28 Lefty near her and a little further RW02 PVKauai is back visiting us after his West side staycation.

Today is day 8 (9 nights) of Luana hanging around here - she could be in a pre molting behavior, but peace and quiet is not what her suiters are giving her.

PO4 Kai D68 was sleeping on his little patch of sand.   More tomorrow