November 16, 2023 Thursday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:40 to 1:55 and there were four seals seen during that time. 

Down from 1BS were two seals:

Adult Male: adult size, newer coat, medium to light gray male belly, not sure about tags.

Unknown Adult: adult size, newer coat, unsure about sex or tags.

Between 3BS and SRI was RG32: adult size, old dark coat with lots of green, and scar above right eye. Marilyn never saw his ventral side and no tags.

About 50 feet closer to SRI was a Subadult Male: subadult size, newer coat, light gray male belly and two red tags.

Team R&B got a text from a fisher friend letting them know there were six seals in the outfall. They headed over but by the time they got there there, all the seals had left, except for one. The seal was too far out and they couldn't make an ID.  They did note the seal had a clean coat and lots of scratches on its back.

Their friend told them a baby seal hauled out and pointed to the rocks. Team R&B kept looking but didn't see anything. Their friend was so patient and kept telling them which rocks, so they walked out and there was the adorable RQ42 Opihi. They couldn't stay due to some appointments. 

But before they left they saw another seal from afar hauling on shore. They went to see who it was and spotted two more seals in the greenery.

Upon arrival at tracks the seal they saw from afar was Nalu R3CX. He had just hauled out and moved to the right. In the greenery were the two infamous fish thieves RH32 Kaale and RL20 Kalua.

After their appointment they went back to the bay and there on the rocks was a lovely fat seal. It was Lei Ola RH48 alone and testing. She is getting green again.

And of course the dolphins were at play.

Rabbit Island

U/U

RQ42

R3CX

RH32

RL20

RH48

TA-DA !!