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Thursday, March 2, 2023

March 2, 2023 Thursday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you Team R&B💕 and a couple of posse pals.

I had the opportunity to visit the pupping site today with some wonderful friends. We made a day of it checking in on Kaimana and PO1. What I wasn't expecting was seeing a total of six seals today. When we arrived a volunteer was on site but had to leave with no replacement, so the four of us provided outreach for a couple of hours.

We saw RQ64 Laki resting behind a rock between her and Kaimana and pup. She has a really old coat and looks small with lots of dings.

RJ58 Kaimana and PO1 had a nursing session when we arrived and went into snooze mode. There wasn't much activity and mom is look thin, probably tired too. PO1's belly is starting to turn reddish brown and muzzle is getting lighter.

Higher up on shore was RK80 who is looking healthy and clean. She probably arrived right before we arrived and was on the move right before we headed out.

And then much to our joy we found RH48 LeiOla and PO2. The pup had just finished nursing when we first spotted them. Mom moved down a bit and the kid had to conquer getting over a rock. It took a little bit but made it and the two moved closer to the water. We never saw them enter the water just lots of snoozing.

As a side note I did find another seal rock that was even more convincing than the one on Rabbit Island.

Also as we were leaving we saw a golden plover, a group of zebra finches and a pair of saffron finches.

Team R&B were checking out beaches when they spotted Kaale RH32 on shore from afar. It didn't take but a minute for the fan club to arrive. They called the hotline and hurried over to the site. When they arrived there was a second seal hauling up. It was R3CU and he joined Kaale, the two just hung out resting. Team R&B stayed for a while made sure they were settled in and then left.