May 18, 2025 Yesterday's News

Marilyn and Diane met up with Lesley on Saturday and they covered a lot of ground which resulted in 13 seal sightings.

First they saw RT68 Mana who is R303's (BG) 2024 pup. He was ID'd by his juvenile size and T68 tag. He looks healthy and they were happy to see him returning to his home stomping/swimming grounds.

Next they saw RL98 Lina and her pup PO4 snoozing on the reef flat. They both look good.

At 10 minute beach they found R330 Squinty snoozing on the beach. He was ID'd by his adult size, 3CB tag, male belly and small nb in his midventral area.

Next they found RT98 Eha ( RL98's 2024 pup) and RW02 PvKauai.  RT98 was ID'd by her juvenile size, T98 tag and light green female belly. RW02 was ID'd by his adult size, dark male belly and W77 tag. 

At the point they found R416 MaKali'i and R3CU together in a tide pool.  Lesley was able to make the positive ID. R416 is very green.

Next there was RG40 Hoklokai. He was ID'd by his adult size and nb on his rear flipper.

Out on the flats and hidden in one of the channels was R3CX Nalu. 

Lastly they stopped off and visited with RH92 Nalani and her pup PO8. There was a another seal nearby R616 (first time meeting him)

Nalani was ID'd by her large nursing size, female belly and the scar on the right side of her head. PO8 was mostly hidden behind her.

Very close to them was a small male seal who was ID'd as R616 by his 7GV tag and the scar on his muzzle. Apparently he was first seen on Kauai and given his R616 ID in February 2023 he was seen with a nasty unknown cut across his muzzle. The cut has healed and left a visible scar.