12/30/2021 Thursday Monk Seal Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Team R&B💕

Team R&B were out checking out different locations when they spotted a seal leaving the outfall. They were at a distance but the seal had a bleach mark on right side. They weren't sure who it was to make an ID.

That's when they got a call there were three seals on beach at another location. They headed over and found RG28 Lefty. They put the signs out, but did not use ropes as they were not staying. They did spend a little time educating people who came by before they left the site.

Heading out to another location they spotted two seals hauling up. They made their way over and found RL12 Aukai to the right and R3CX Nalu to her left. They were settled in and snoozing. Nalu's shark bite was visible.

While watching over these two they spotted another seal hauling up from afar. They took the time and trekked all the way over to find two people getting close to the seal. Team R&B did their best to get their attention, when the woman began talking to the seal and bending down in front of it for her insta-gram photo. (dam!!!) The guy saw

Team R&B frantically waving to move away, so the couple left the area.  Team R&B ID'd Kaale RH32 as the seal, they made a stick zone and left the area.

They returned to check on Aukai and as they arrived there were two dogs running after a ball. The dogs got really close to Aukai. Team R&B hurried over but the brown and white dog approached Aukai and started to sniff her shoulders.  Thankfully the owner saw, called the dogs, you can imagine how frantic Team R&B were. They did their best to set a zone for Aukai and Nalu, with the help of one of the women put up signs, and an orange flag. 

Its very discouraging after years of trying to educate people. I give Team R&B a lot of credit for their big hearts that keep them going out there day after day.

They called the hotline, no one came, at least while they were there.

Last stop they saw a fisherman fishing near to where a seal was hauled out on the rocks. Although he was close, there was no disturbance and the seal was resting. They ID'd RW02 PvKauai, with all three tags. Turns out the fisherman was an old friend of theirs. They headed home after this, and the rains came.  Going to be a wet end to 2021.

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RG28 Lefty

Aukai

R3CX Nalu

RH32 Kaale

RW02