October 30, 2024 Wednesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:00 to 1:30 pm and there were four seals seen during that time.

About 60 feet Makapuu side of 1BS was a seal Marilyn believes to be R7AF: sub-adult size, newer coat, light male belly and two red tags.

Closer to 2BS was a seal labeled as an Unknown Adult: adult size, two red tags, not sure about sex, in some photos she thought maybe male and in others female, so it goes in as unknown.

Just hauling out about 25 feet Makapuu side of 3BS was RN04 Kainoa: adult size, mostly new coat, medium gray male belly and unsure about tags. Marilyn estimated the seal is about 95% molted, there are still patches of old fur on the rear dorsal area.

Out on RRB was a Sub-adult Female: sub-adult size, newer coat, light female belly and two ted tags. When she first hauled out she headed up to the large rock at the back of the beach and went into snooze mode. Later, the SF moved back down the beach.

The sooty terns were flying around a lot and dive-bombed many of the photos. The juvenile Masked Booby was up on the back edge of the crater during part of Marilyn's viewing session.

Team R&B first stop was at pokai where they waited for a seal to show up. There weren't any critters so they left. Upon their second check they were happy to find the Unknown Male was on the rocks. He has just the back portion and some fur on his flippers left to molt. He is looking so clean in his new coat, and yet they still can't confirm a positive ID.

They headed over and hung out at rest-camp. They spotted only two seals foraging today. They ID'd RH48 Lei Ola and RL20 Kalua.

Next stop was at Makaha, where they found R3CX Nalu. He was alone on shore molting away. He

looks to be about 50% molted already.

From there Team R&B their next stop they found Miss Leia RL42. She was alone getting hit by waves even getting rolled over, but she stayed.

They also found another seal in the area but could not make an ID. They reported it as an Unidentified Unknown. They couldn't determine if it had tags, looked to have a lot of green on its coat, a cc scar on right side. They also thought there might have been an applied bleach on its right side, possibly the #9.

They made a quick stop at yoks and found RP28. He is looking so green and quite cute. He had move up enough that they got the tag shot.

Finally they went make to check on the molting male and  were surprised to find that RL20 had hauled out next to him.  There was no interaction between them while Team R&B were there.

Rabbit Island

U/M

RL20

RH48

R3CX

U/U

RL42

RP28

U/M

RL20