02/28/2022 Monday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:50 to 3:25 and there were a total of two seals today.

For the first hour and half Marilyn only saw one seal between the 3BS and SRI. 

RK24 Wawamalu/Bruno: subadult size, light grayish yellow male belly, two tags and a scar on the right side about 1/3 forward from the rear flippers.

At 2:20 a second seal hauled out near RK24 and he immediately reacted. The newcomer was RK37 Hui'a: subadult size, light yellowish gray female belly, two tags and her wonderful nb on her lower left side.

There were lots of interaction between the two seals and they moved around each other for awhile before Bruno moved down to the waterfront rocks and went into snooze mode.  

How wonderful to have both seals ID'd, Marilyn ya done good!  And both kids will be turning four this year.

 

Team R&B started at a west side location where they found RL08. He had just landed on lower rocks when they got there. His bump on his rump was visible and looks to be the same size. His cc scars and white digit on right fore flipper was also visible.

From there they were checking another site and got a call of a seal on shore at p. cove. They walked over to find Aukai RL12 on shore, snoozing with lots of people in the area. A zone with pvc pipes and a few signs were up per one of the workers.  As they were observing Aukai, they heard a loud cry "OUCH"!  They saw a young boy limping out of the water. As he got to shore, they recognized him as one of the kids they met last week. They saw that he was upset with fear in his eyes. The poor kidd was bitten by a sea turtle while in the water.  Team R&B looked at his leg, red and blue circle on his calf. They spoke to his parents and told them to make sure the wound was cleaned out with lots of soap and water. They explained that turtles carry bacteria and it could get infected. Scary stuff.  Another woman close by told the boy she had got a bite last week, while standing in the shallow water. She also had a circle bruise on her calf.

They called the hotline and let them know about Aukai. They waited around and educated folks to give the seal some space. The usual some people listened and others did not.

Team R&B went back to the other location and waited forever for a seal to show up. Finally at 11 am they saw Kekoa Alii RK72 foraging off the rocks to the left. Then at 12:17 RK72 went straight to the rocks and hauled up. He looked fat and full.  They called the hotline and left the site shortly after.

Going full circle and going back to their first stop, they found chubby RP84 Pe'ekai. He was alone snoozing at the seal inlet area. At one point he was stretching, rolling to his side and accidently rolled to far and fell into the hole. Awwww!  After that all they could see was his face.

RL08 was still there in the water hole. After a bit he popped out on the rocks.

Wawamalu/Bruno

RK24&RK37

RL08 morning

Aukai RL12

Bite from a turtle

Kekoa Alii

Pe'ekai

RL08 afternoon

02/27/2022 Sunday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:05 to 2:35 and there were two seals during her observation.

Initially one seal was on the waterfront rocks between 3BS and SRI. It was reported as U/S: subadult to adult size, two red tags and unknown gender. This critter stayed in basically the same position showing her its dorsal to right side during her entire visit.

Marilyn was ready to leave, dismantled the camera and took one last look through the scope. That's when she saw an unknown juvenile between the 1BS and 2BS at 2:24. She quickly set up the camera but the U/J only stayed on shore for about four minutes and was covered with dark sand. The critter was juvenile size, two red tags and not sure of gender. Because of overcast conditions the photos are a little dark and blurry. The U/J reentered the water and Marilyn lost sight of it. She did stay for another 20 minutes but did not see it again.

Team R&B started off at one of the busier beaches. They waited a very long time for any of the seal to

haul in. People were asking where are the seals?  Then not to disappoint one was coming in Kekoa Alii RK72. Team R&B got the signs and began the process of educating the public. The "seal fans" were thrilled to see him.  They asked how did they know he was coming LOL.... seal sense.  Kekoa took his time hauling out looking around and sniffing the air.  

Next there was RH32 Kaale from a distance and in a straight line to the shore. The seal fans once again were thrilled to see this seal surf the waves and land.  Speaking of surfing the waves, one of the lifeguards were practicing their skills on a jet ski.

Kaale was accepted by Kekoa, there was no fight or posturing they were both chill.  Both of them basked in the Hawaiian sun like buddies.  Posse pal Amy arrived after them and stayed the entire time the boys were out there.

At another west side location they found RP84 Pe'ekai was already at his hideaway. He was tucked in between the rocks snoozing.

RW02 PvKauai was on lower rocks, but took a nice cool dive into the playboy pond and blew bubbles.

Lefty RG28 was up high rocks, they could only see his applied bleach on his side. They had to walk around to get a view of his whole body. He was out cold!

Their last stop they found a lovely female. They studied her for a while to make sure they got her ID. Finally she was very nice and showed her tag. Yep its RL42 Leia.

Rabbit Island

Kekoa Alii

Kaale

RK72 & RH32

PvKauai 

Pe'ekai

Lefty

RL42 Leia

02/26/2022 Saturday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Lesley, Team T&D, Diane and Team R&B💕.  Lots of updates!

Lesley's Ka'ena Update for the last couple of weeks is part 3, check it out lots of sightings.  Part two of the dailies is Team T&D update from Molokai.

Diane, Marilyn, friend Philemon met up with Lesley today at Ka'ena Point. They had a four seal day. Marilyn did let me know she did not view Rabbit Island today since they had a long day at the point.

I'm not sure what order they were seen but the four critters were RO40 Ka'ena, RH48 Lei Ola, RG40 Holokai and RN58 Luana.

Team R&B started their day at one of the busier beaches. When they arrived there was one seal on shore. It was RG28 Lefty who looked like he just arrived, so they got some signs up. Then they spotted two people coming from the other side, and although Team R&B tried warning them they got closer and closer. The guy stopped to take a photo a little too close and Lefty postured and made a really loud bark. The guy ran to the other end then came around in front of the seal. (REALLY???)

The woman showed them a seal at the other beach, so they hurried over and there was Benny ! He was high up by the tree. Team R&B went looking for signs but they were gone. They spoke with security who was watching over Benny, when another worker came by with pvc pope and rope to make a zone. Team R&B called the hotline and waited with Benny. Spent time education folks and getting them to give the seal some space. At 11:02 a volunteer arrived with signs ! Team R&B left the site relieved that someone was there to keep watch.

Later they went back to check if any other seals were on shore. They

found RG28 Lefty, Kekoa Alii RK72. Once again they got the signs and stayed until posse pal Amy came to take over. The seals were heading higher and higher up the beach due to the surf, there were some big waves.

There were lots of people out today. Team R&B spotted another seal on shore at another site. They headed over and found RH32 Kaale in a zone made of sticks and a sign per the posse. 

At another west side location they found RP84 Pe'ekai up inland. He was snoozing all the way up and well hidden and safe from the pounding surf.

Also RW02 PvKauai was on lower rocks and taking a hit from the surf.

Next stop at the bay on front rocks to the right was Nalu R3CX. He was snoozing and just fine. His N6 applied bleach was visible. 

Left side was RL20 Kalua snoozing on the rocks. His natural bleach was visible as well as his bump.

Last stop right at the entrance to the beach was RL42 Leia. They carefully walked to the other side to see if there were any other critters, but she was solo today, just lots of people. They heard Leia barking and turned to see a couple of guys right at her. They hurried over but the boys left.  So disappointing that people continue to bother the seals.  Team R&B called it a day and went to see their beautiful new grandson 💙

Holokai

Lei Ola

Luana

RG28

Benny

Kekoa Alii & Lefty

Kaale

Pe'ekai

Pv Kauai

Nalu

Kalua RL20

Leia