January 27, 2024 Saturdays' Dailies

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

Team R&B has covered so many beaches and weren't having much luck. Finally at campbells they spotted two seals foraging about 300 feet off shore.

They were very happy to see one of them was Kekoa Alii RK72 with all his bling. The water was so rough, or Victory at Sea as DB would say.

Junior Sealette hung out with grandma for awhile trying to get an ID on the other foraging seal. It had a cc scar on mid-back and it was an adult, but that was all they got.

At another west side location they noticed it has gotten bad, many more homeless and lots of dogs and

puppies.  Checking around they did find a seal on lower rocks. It was RW02 PvKauai alone resting with his tags showing. They didn't stay in that they didn't want to draw any attention to him.

They got word from a friend of a seal hauling out at plains. It took them a bit to get there. When they finally arrived the lifeguards had put a great zone to protect the very fat female. It was Aukai RL12 and she is looking very beautiful and hapai. As much as they wanted to stay longer it was getting late so they headed out.

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1:25 to 3:15 and there were six seals seen during that time.

Initially on the rock flats of LPB was an Unknown Sub-Adult 1: sub-adult size, lighter ventral, not sure about sex or tags. The US1 moved a short distance near an Unknown Adult.

The Unknown Adult: adult size, at least one red tag, scar on mid-right side. The UA never showed its ventral side.

On the 1BS side of LPB was a Sub-adult Female: sub-adult size to adult size, light female belly and teo red tags.

Initially up in the dunes near 3BS was a Juvenile Female: juvenile size, light female belly and two red tags. She did eventually move down onto the beach later.

Between 3BS and SRI was an Adult Female: adult size, light yellowish tan female belly and two red tags.

About 2:30, Marilyn noticed a seal had partially hauled out of SRI. She labeled this seal as an Unknown Sub-Adult 2: sub-adult size, lighter ventral, at least one tag and unsure about sex.

RK72

Unknown Adult

RW02

RL12

Rabbit Island