November 14, 2024 Thursday's Dailies

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

Marilyn did not make it out to the pier today because the rains kept coming through and the winds were high. But she did go out and check a couple of areas on the east side. She got lucky about 10:15 am when she spotted a seal. It was RT62 Ka'iwa.  Marilyn was joined by Gamma Gayle who had some rope to set up an SRA. A little after noon a volunteer arrived.

Tammy went out to the check the point with Lesley. Overall it was a slow seal day in that they only saw two seals on their trek. Squinty R330 who's molt is coming along.  They also saw RL47 Kamakana, a Rabbit Island boy born in 2019.  He appears to be freshly molted.

There were lots and lots of albatross that have landed. They also saw several wedgies out of their burrows ready to fledge.

Team R&B were out at pokai this morning. They were happy to find RH76 Kala. She was resting on the edge of the rocks.  Team R&B did not a woman from one of the nearby camps was out with her dogs. At least one of them wasn't on a leash.  When she spotted them she headed in a different direction away from Kala.

Once they arrived at rest-camp it took them quite awhile to find any seals. There were jet-skis going by the jetty area checking out the area. They are from the movie set maybe checking for sharks in the area.

Finally they spotted a couple of seals foraging. They were able to ID RH48 Lei Ola, R3CX Nalu and RM31 Kai. There were other seals but Team RB couldn't see anything to give them an ID. 

There was lots of action out there, lots of hind flippers in the air and splashing!

Team R&B headed over to Kahe where there were signs posted and areas taped off due to Shark sightings. But over on the rocks was their boy RK72 Kekoa Alii. He has an ugly patch on his mid back, from the sat tag that had been attached. Other than that he looks great, big and healthy. His signature scar on the right of his face was visible. They

didn't see his tags only because of his position.

Then they were thrilled to find R617. This is the first time they have seen him since he completed his molt. He is looking quite handsome in his new clean coat. There was no interaction between R617 and RK72.

RT62

R330

RL47

RH76

RH48

R3CX

RM31

Unknown Adults

RK72

R617