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Saturday, October 8, 2022

10/08/2022 Saturday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 3:10 to 4:05 and there were four seals during her observation.

In a loose group near 1BS were:

S/M: subadult to adult size, new coat, light gray male belly and two red tags.

U/S: smaller subadult size, unknown sex or tags.

M/A: adult size, molting with new coat with just a small patch of old fur on the rear dorsal area, two tags, unsure about sex.

Alone on the 3BS side of SRI was an U/J: juvenile size, lighter belly (probably female) and two red tags.

Maybe at some point NOAA will be able to get out to the island and apply some bleaches on these critters for ID purposes. (fingers crossed)

Team R&B started their day early and was happy to find Kala RH76. She was back at her spot at the bay resting on the rocks. They did not stay long, as there were so many people walking about.

At another west side location they found two males resting close to each other. It wasn't just rest there was some whooping back and forth as well, and at times some barking. There was RG32 on the left and RG28 Lefty to his right.

On their last check they were both still there. Lefty RG28 was in the playboy pond and RG32 was on lower rocks.

They were treated to the dolphins doing their thing out on the water.

Later they spotted a seal with a scar on the left face. They weren't sure who it was, couldn't see tags due the seal being hidden in the rocks.

They did a recheck after their Ka'ena West trek and was able to ID the seal as Kai RM31.

Junior Sealette was along for the Ka'ena West trek. The first seal they found was alone chilling on the rocks. It was RP30 Puka with his brand new coat looking peaceful and sassy.

Their final seal they found on their hike was none other than RQ24 Mauna. He was alone and doing just fine. He looks a lot like Puka except is a bit more chubby.

Rabbit Island