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Friday, March 8, 2024

March 8, 2024 Friday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Marilyn and Team R&B💕 In the yesterdays news department we got news from posse pal Liz on Molokai and from Tammy who was at Ka'ena Point.

First exciting news from Molokai, our boy RN14 Kalani was seen there and has been know to hang out, probably looking for females. Also R606 a small male who has been seen on Rabbit Island was also on Molokai. Big Mahalo to Liz for sharing with us!

Tammy did Ka'ena Point yesterday with Lesley. They had two seals:

R420 Kaipo with his N11 applied bleach and TA68 Lopaka was resting on the rocks.

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:30 to 1:45 and there were two seals seen during that time.

On the rock flats Lanikai side of LPB was an Unknown Sub-adult: sub-adult size, no information on sex or tags because the seal never showed its ventral or rear flippers.

In the dunes Makapuu of 3BS was a Sub-adult Female: sub-adult size, older coat, mottled tan female belly and two red tags. At 1:37 she started rolling down the dune and onto the beach. She was near the waterline when Marilyn left.

Team R&B started the day at the bay and they spent over an hour looking for seals and saw none. But they did get so watch the dolphins putting on show.

As they were walking away they got a glimpse of a silver body, hidden in the rocks. They looked from all different angles and finally ID'd Kala RH76. This being a new spot where she is well hidden, away from her usual zen garden spot probably keeps her away from the males and humans bugging her.

At another west side location they found two seals at the site. Both were on high rocks resting. They

could easily ID sweet Kekoa Alii RK72 and other was not so easy. They reported it as an Unknown Sub-adult, they couldn't see if it had tags and it didn't move at all. They thought maybe RM31 but could not confirm.

Next stop at guardrails they found RL70 Leina. She was alone snoozing on the rocks. The area has lots of dogs and homeless, they didn't stay long, just made sure she was okay.

Team R&B checked out Kahe where they found Kawika R407. He was alone and resting.

From afar they spotted Kaale RH32 hauled out at Electric Beach. He was resting and people were out and about. After a while they noticed a kayak landing right next to Kaale, who looked and flipped over. Then another kayak arrived and landed close by, Kaale was flipping about. They spot to a friend to headed over, but by the time they arrived Kaale had left.