04/28/2021 Wednesday Monk Seal Dailies

 

Today's dailies are brought to you by Lesley, Team R&B and yours truly.  Lesley's Ka'ena update is part two of the dailies.

I took the opportunity to check out Rabbit Island today and I lucked out by having about 45 minutes of sunlight before the skies turned black and the rains came. There was a total of four critters on island today.

Momma RF34 and P01 were just to the right of the 1BS. P01 has grown so much with a silver white belly and darker grey upper coat. P01 is at the stage where it looks like a tick ready to explode.  There was one nursing while I was there. At one point I thought they might go into the water but they rolled over and went back to sleep. RF34 is getting thinner, I imagine weaning will be coming soon.

There was an U/J unknown juvenile size to the right side of the 3BS. As far as I could tell there were no tags and brownish coat. 

An unknown adult UA was tucked into the rocky tide pool at RRB. By the width of its chest it appears to be an adult. It did not change position the entire time I was there.

Team R&B arrived early waiting for RL20 Kalua. While waiting they collected glass to pass the time. Finally they spotted a seal coming in, he rolled in the surf and slithered in climbing the rocks for his daily nap. 

It was RL20 looking a little better than he has, maybe getting a couple of good meals. They called him into the hotline.  When they rechecked about 11 am he was still there, but on their last check at 12:30 he was gone.

Team R&B's only other find today was RH76 Miss Kala. They were thrilled to see her by seal inlet. She was in deep snooze mode when they first saw her and still snoozing when they checked back later in the day.

RF34 Pua and P01

U/J

U/A

RL20 Kalua

RH76 Kala