MonkSealMania.blogspot.com: 10/29/2022 Saturday's Dailies

Saturday, October 29, 2022

10/29/2022 Saturday's Dailies

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

They started their morning waiting around looking for seals in the early morning. They did not see any seals but did witness many dolphins at play. The waters were packed with people everywhere taking advantage of the nice weather. Even a mongoose sat close by watching everything.

Weekends are tough with so many people out and about all day. They finally found one seal at the bay. It was alone hidden in the rocks.

They ID'd RH76 Kala sleeping peacefully. Team R&B got what they needed and left so no one would see her.

Next they found RG28 Lefty in the same place for the last three day. He's almost done with his molt, just a few spots on his neck and butt area that they can see.

They made the Ka'ena West trek and originally thought they would get skunked. But they were thrilled when they came across a chubby RM31 snoozing on the rocks. He was alone other than two guys further away fishing and thankfully not bothering him. Team R&B sat on the rocks for a bit had a snack and noticed some old ammo laying on the ground.

It was time to take junior sealette home as the sun was getting ready to set. They stopped to take a couple of photos of the sky and of course they spotted a seal. (this would not happen to any of us but them). They lightening wasn't the greatest but they were able to ID KG54 Huakai.

They also saw HFD rescue boat looking for two snorkelers, hopefully who ever was missing was found safe.

Marilyn did Ka'ena Point with Lesley this morning. Lesley mentioned that R330 had overnighted on

Lyman Beach.

They had checked all the usual places until they got to the point where Ka'ena RO40 was in the main pool. Close to an hour later they became aware of another seal approaching. The seal had a cute face, but when she approached the gap to the main pool, Ka'ena became aware and went after her. There were some interactions between them and ultimately she hauled up onto the rocks on the Kauai side of the main pool.

Marilyn had not seen this seal before, but Lesley though it was R604 Kiana that she has seen before back in May. Marilyn would say she is subadult size, lots of cookie scars, large scar on her forehead, no tags and a fairly light clean female belly.

Marilyn also viewed Rabbit Island when she returned from Ka'ena Point. There was only one seal during the hour observation. Near 1BS was an Adult Female: adult to subadult size, light gray female belly and two red tags.

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