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Sunday, August 13, 2023

August 13, 2023 Sunday's Dailies

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

Team R&B wasn't sure if the girls would still be hanging out together at the bay. When they arrives they were thrill to find them both still there. RL70 Leina is nearly done with her molt about 90% molted. She just has her rear area left.

As for Miss Kala RH76, she has started her molt as far as they could tell.

On a sad note they chased a feral cat away, but it was too late it had killed a shearwater.. Sadly this is like the fourth one in the area.

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1:15 to 3:30 and there was a total of seven seals on island today.

Initially there were five seals on LPB and one at RRB.

The seal on LPB were:

On the Lanikai side of the beach was RP24 Mohala who recently completed her molt: juvenile size, new coat with the light gray belly, two red tags and nb on the tip of her LFF.

Near the middle of LPB was Adult Female 1: adult size, new coat, light female belly and two red tags.

The next seal was one of the weaners: weaner size and coloration, light female belly, and two red tags. The weaner moved up the beach and behind the sand berm for at least an hour then moved back up into view and galumphed over to AF1.

Near the 1BS was a Juvenile Female: juvenile size, female belly, two red tags and older coat.

Next was Adult Female 2: adult to subadult size, older coat, tan female belly and two red tags.

At about 3:00 pm an Adult Male hauled out and started to galumph up to AF1, but then changed direction and galumphed over to the JF and AF2. The AM: adult size, dark male belly, not sure about tags. He has a curved scar behind his RFF so this might be RK36 Kauai Kolohe. About 3:25 pm he entered the water and then moved in the Lanikai direction, hauling out for a short time to visit RP24.

Alone out on the rubble rocks near RRB channel was RQ44 Mahina: juvenile size, old coat with lots of green, green female belly. Although Marilyn didn't see the three tags she did see two tags in her LRF. She entered the channel briefly when some snorkelers showed up off shore of her location. She later hauled out on the rocky beach.