April 28, 2024 Sunday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:08 to 1:40 and there were only three seals seen during that time.

Out on the rock flats Lanikai side of LPB was a Sub-adult Female: sub-adult to adult size, older coat, mottled tannish female belly and two red tags.

RF34 Pua and PO3 are back at the beach at Middle Cliff. Pua was still in the water when Marilyn arrived, but PO3 had hauled out next to the rocks and was mostly hidden. Mom then hauled out and moved over to the other side of the beach and PO3 followed and ultimately curled up next to her. Mom still looks good and the PO3 is getting plumper by the day. It appears mom and pup go for a swim in the late morning and then snooze in the early afternoon.

Team R&B got a late start today, their first stop was at the bay. There they found RL70 Leina in the rocks snoozing. All of a sudden they spotted a rather large seal hauling in cautiously. It was to quote Barb a "gigantic blob" who turned out to be Kala RH76. She passed Leina with the help from the wave surges and moving very slowly. She made her way right to her zen garden to relax.

While watching the girls, a friend came by and said he saw a seal come up on the other side. They went to check it out and discovered R3CX Nalu.  

At another west side location, they spotted a seal while on the road. They pulled over to check and found RM31 Kai in a small pond.  While trying to get a shot of his tag they discovered another seal. RL08 was there with his head and belly in the water, and thankfully his hind flippers were up on the rocks. His L9 tag and applied bleach N18 were visible.

Next stop at Kahe they found one seal there today. It was RL20 Kalua alone without his buds. There were lots of people out today on the beaches. In spite of all the people RL20 was resting peacefully.

Heading over to Nimitz they saw close to 30 people in a small area. They were hoping it wasn't a seal,

but sure enough there was RN14 Kalani resting on the reef.  All was okay, even when one guy was throwing a net at the reef, not bothering the seal. Then his son got overly excited seeing the fish and yelled out to his papa. That is when RN14 woke up and leapt at the kid who yelled.  The dad talked the boy to keep walking to him, then they grabbed the net and walked out to shore. Add to this some guys on the sand yelling and RN14 aware of them as well. Team R&B watched, and waited for all to quiet down and then left.

A quick stop at the cliffs they found their boy RP30 Puka. Once again he was alone on the rocks resting.

They spotted a seal from afar and on their way home went to check. It was RT413 Makamae who was resting. There were lots of people, lots of footprints and no signs. She seemed to be doing okay.

Team R&B had a great seal day and were thrilled to end the day with another female seal.

Rabbit Island

RH76

RH76 & RL70

RL70

R3CX

RM31

RL08

RL20

RN14

RP30

R413

April 27, 2024 Saturday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12 noon to 2:10 on this very overcast day. 

Marilyn didn't see any seals until 12:53 pm. The first seal was an Unknown Adult who started out in and then next to the SRI channel. Ultimately the UA hauled up onto the beach. The UA was adult size, but that's about all Marilyn could determine. 

Finally at 12:57 she saw RF34 Pua and her pup PO3 hauling out over the rocks between Middle Cliff and 3BS. They must have had a good long swim. Marilyn had searched the water looking for them but did not locate them. When they hauled out they went into snooze mode and not long before Marilyn left for the day the pup started nursing.

Team R&B had a pretty quiet day, not sure if it had to do with the weather or if the seals were not around.

Their first find was the lovely Miss Aukai RL12. She was alone on shore at plains. Well alone in that there weren't any other seals, but there was no shortage of humans.

Team R&B got a call later in the day that Aukai had left around 2:30 and was heading east.

The only other seal they found today was RN14 Kalani. He was alone resting at Nimitz. He looks good and nothing new to report.

Rabbit Island

Aukai RL12

RN14 Kalani

April 26, 2024 Friday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:30 to 2:05 and there were five seals seen during that time.

Between Middle Cliff and 3BS were RF34 Pua and her pup PO3. There was one nursing session but mostly lots of snoozing. Mom still looks good and pup is getting more plump.

Between 3BS and SRI there were initially two seals:

TA68 was courting an Adult Female. TA68 was ID'd by his large adult size, pit scars on his right and left sides, mottled gray male belly with his nb; his tags were not visible today.

Adult Female is probably the seal Marilyn reported yesterday as an Unknown Adult. AF is adult size, tannish female ventral with a few darker spots and two red tags.

At 12:44 Marilyn became aware of a seal swimming along the shore near TA68 and the AF. The seal then swam up the SRI channel and drew the ire of TA68 who charged the seal. Marilyn later ID'd the seal as an Adult Male. The AM left for a while but then returned up the channel and galumphed up and behind SRI where he went into snooze mode. The AM was adult size, dark coat, sand-covered male belly and unsure about tags.

Team R&B's first check at the bay was in the morning. They found RM31 Kai alone at the zen garden. 

They also saw two butterflies go by trying to mate mid-air.  Not something you see everyday.

A stop at electric beach they found R3CX Nalu. He was alone resting on shore. A few folks walked by took photos, and went on their way.

Heading over to Kahe they saw RH32 Kaale in the shallows. Shortly after he hauled up on the rocks.

They also spotted a turtle in the water. They made sure it wasn't hooked and it did seem to be doing fine. They have heard from several divers in the area that they have seen hooked turtles several times.

On their second check at the bay they found the lovely Miss Kala RH76. She was hiding off to the right this afternoon. Needless to say she is fat!

They were surprised to see that RM31 Kai was still there on his side at the zen garden.

Last stop at the cliffs they found one seal. They took lots of photos to get an ID and finally they got a picture of his tags. It was RP30 Puka, who they were very happy to see.

Rabbit Island

RM31 in the morning

R3CX

RH32

RH76

RM31 in the afternoon

RP30