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Saturday, March 4, 2023

March 4, 2023 Saturday's Dailies

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

They decided to change things up today and headed to the other side of the island. They took the ride and then made a the long hike out. On their way out they first ran across a large male on shore with signs around him. They weren't sure but think it is RK36 Kauai Kolohe with the scar on the right side by his fore flipper. They did not see any tags and did call him in.

Further along they spotted some boobies flying over the ocean. Then

they came across Laki RQ64 on shore. She was snoozing for most of their visit. At one point she moved down by the shoreline to cool off and then returned to "her spot". This little girl will be turning one next month.

The goal was to make it out to see PO1 and Kaiaman and when they got to the pupping site, PO1 was in the water. RJ58 Kaimana was no where in site, but they did see an adult female K80 coming in to where the pup was in the water. The two PO1 and K80 met and played with each other in the water. It was about 10 minutes or so, when they saw and heard RJ58 surfing in at warp speed. Her mouth was wide open and she was vocal, not to mention pissed off.

She went after K80 for a bit, until K80 took off to the right. She landed after a few minutes and kept her distance from mom and pup.

Kaimana and PO1 hauled in, had a nursing session and then went into snooze mode.

If that wasn't enough thrills for them they continued on and was able to spend some time observing Lei Ola RH48 and PO2. Pup is over a week old and looking too cute. Team R&B observed a nursing and lots of snoozing.

Melody made it out to Kaimana and PO1 today. When she first arrived there were some seal and albatross fans in the area. Kaimana RJ58 and PO1 were in the shallows playing in the water. About 30 minutes later mom and pup came up on shore. Of course PO1 wanted to eat right away, but mom made her wait. After the kid bit her a few times she did present and after feeding they took a very long snooze. Melody did a little education and outreach with a group of 50 children, that had to be fun.

RK36 is that you?