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Friday, November 15, 2024

November 15, 2024 Friday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 10:54 am to 1:17 pm and there were ultimately five seals seen during that time. When Marilyn arrived there were only three seals on island.

Down from 3BS was a seal that Marilyn believes RK24 Bruno: adult size, newer coat, male belly and two red tags.

Shortly after she started viewing she found weaner RT19 up from SRI: weaner size, golden male belly, two red tags. He moved up and down the beach.

At 11:09 am, a seal hauled out about 50 feet Makapuu of the 1BS. This turned out to be RP24 Mohala: sub-adult size, light tan female belly, two red tags and nb on the tip of her LFF.

At 12:26 pm a seal hauled out and moved up toward the 1BS. Marilyn believes this is the molting Adult Male that she has been reporting:

adult size, medium gray male belly, at least one red tag and about 95% molted. He appears to have only a small amount of fur on his rear dorsal area. RP24 and the AM moved closer to each other.

Then at 12:49 pm a seal hauled out on LPB and moved toward the AM. This seal is labeled as an Unknown Juvenile: large juvenile size, newer coat, two red tags. Marilyn never saw its ventral side. The UJ went immediately into snooze mode.

Tammy went to visit with BG 303 & PO12. The pup is 32 days old

and is looking nice and plump. BG has been moving the kid around a lot. They have been up and down the coastline.

Team R&B saw lots of splashing when they checked out the rest-camp area. Then they saw a fin coming up fast, swirling around, and then it was over. They captured a couple of pics of a shark. Then they saw another shark with a darker fin, seems what ever it was eating was keeping it busy.

This area was the place to be. There was lots of action in the water besides the sharks. Multiple seals were out there foraging. Team R&B actually saw fish jumping out of the water.

The first two seals to be ID'd were R3CX Nalu and RM31 Kai. Then there was RL20 who was very vocal today. He was busy chasing his brother RM311 Kai. The two of them spent time playing as well as foraging. They also spotted Miss Lei Ola RH48 out there foraging. She was also busy keeping her distance from the boys.

Next stop they spotted a seal from afar at tracks. There were not able to get an ID. They got distracted by a seal on the rocks with a big hook. They did ID this seal as RG28 Lefty, so they called the hotline immediately. They informed them where the seal was located and then said they knew of the hooked seal. Shame they don't let other folks know to keep their eyes open for the seal. Oh well!

Team R&B noted the hook was visible but not the barb. They saw a trailing line but couldn't tell how long the line was. Lefty was resting in a pond. Hopefully a team can get out to him or he tosses it on his own.

Lefty had company, as another seal with a clean coat was nearby. This handsome critter was ID'd as R617 newly molted with no tags.

Lastly they spotted a seal at cliffs. The seal did not move and they were unable to make a positive ID. They know it was a male with two red tags, so it was reported as an Unknown Male. They think it could be RP30 since he does hang around the area, but they just weren't sure.

Rabbit Island