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Saturday, August 14, 2021

08/14/2021 Saturday Monk Seal Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from about 11:15 to 1:00 pm and there was just one lone seal on island. J/F; juvenile size, new coat, light silver female belly and two tags. This juvenile looks to be too long to be either P01 or P04 from this year. She didn't see any nbs on the front flippers.

Team R&B hurried over to the bay this morning and found RL20

Kalua back to his foraging and stealing. They desperately tried to see if the was fishing line but could not tell. They headed back a second time and waited to see if he would haul out. They finally gave up, RL20 just kept foraging and all the paddlers, swimmers and jumpers were all out there.

They spotted two seals hauling in at tracks from afar. They drove over and found Kaale RH32 and Lefty RG28 land right in front of a large encampment. They watched the seals, hung out for a bit, when a homeless guy decided to wash his dishes. Kaale postured, the man looked at the seals and just continued what he was doing.

At another west side location they were looking around and didn't see any critters. So they were about to check another location when they heard breathing. They were shocked to see smack down in front of them was RN14 Kalani in a little water hole.

Team R&B once again found Miss RL42 Leia. She was sound a sleep very peaceful. They were able to determine that she has begun her molt, there were a few spots opening.

At another location they were thrilled to see a sweet little green kid,

RM31 Kai. He was snoozing on shore, no one bothering him while they were there, despite there being lots of people around. A good size wave struck him but he just laid there, then another and again he just stayed.

To finish out the day they hiked to Ka'ena West and were amazed by the amount of people out there today. They did see a plump female, it was RH76 Kala. She is looking good and her bite wound is all healed on her face.

juvenile female