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