08/30/2020 Sunday Stay-At-Home Monk Seal Dailies

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island today for a couple of hours and spotted six critters today. 

Seal 1 - weaner size and light coloration, no tags. Based on size and location this could be PO5. It seemed too large and with too light a belly to be PO1 or PO3. Seal was alone on LPB and entered the water about 12:50 pm and was not seen again.

Seal 2 - Unidentified Juvenile Male #1 - hauled out about 12:05 pm a short distance Lanikai of a group of three seals near the 3BS.  New coat, light male belly and two tags.

Seal 3 - RG32 - adult male, older coat, darker mottled male belly, 2 tags and applied N11 bleach. When he was first observed he was in "cruiser male" mode, but then hauled out to seals 4 and 5 near 1BS. He then more or less settled down to snooze.

Seal 4 - PO2/N2 - Nohea.  She hauled out to Seal 5.  She was then visited by RG32 before settling down to sleep. Weaner size, no tags, light yellow belly and applied N2 bleach on lower right side.

Seal 5 - Unidentified Juvenile - new coat, light belly, and 2 tags. Seal was near the 1BS.

Seal 6 - Unidentified Juvenile with an older coat but with about 25% molt on upper belly, 2 tags. . Seal was alone near 3BS.

On the west sdie RG28 Lefty was alone way up on the sand right where people would normally be walking. There were a few people who passed him and he was very aware.  He looks like he may be ready to molt soon.

R3CX Nalu was way out on the edge of the rocks alone today. He was pretty still until some waves kept splashing over him, he finally decided to move more inland. 

That was it for seals on the west side but here is an incredible photo of what is best described as fish out of water. 

RG28 Lefty

R3CX Nalu

A fish out of water !