Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:20 to 2:23 pm and there were five seals seen during that time.
On the Lanikai side of LPB were three to four seals.
PO13: recent weaner size, dark dorsal, light female ventral and no tags.
There were one to two weaners also seen:
Weaner Female: weaner size, female belly, no info on tags
Weaner Unknown: weaner size, unknown sex and no tag info.
On the Makapuu side of the Middle Cliff area was a Juvenile Female: large juvenile to small adult size, female belly and two red tags.
Team R&B started their day on the west side. They spotted a seal on the rocks with no tags. They ID'd R617 and he is looking healthy and robust.
Next they headed over to plains, where they found KG54. She was alone resting on shore in a zone set up for her. HFD was in the area practicing.
They received a text about a seal at paradise cove. They had anappointment but went to check it out when the finished. There was RP28 Wakea in the lagoon. Folks gathered on shore, and one guy told them to clear the area so the seal could come to shore. RP28 came ashore after many rolls in the water, then headed to the rocks and hauled out. Seems he was dreaming about females.
Heading back to the west side they stopped by the outfall. They saw two seals in the water foraging. Both were adults one with a lot of green and the other was RL12 Aukai.
Back on the west side later in the day they didn't see any seals. They stuck around for a while and sure enough a seal was hauling in fast. It was R617, who they had seen earlier. He was looking around then went to front of the rocks, landed looked around and left again. Seemed like he thought there was another seal in the area. Team R&B kept looking but didn't see any other seals.
Then out of nowhere another seal came flying by over the rocks andponds. They were lucky to get a tags shot and later discovered it was RM31 Kai. Then he left.
There was another seal far out, but they weren't able to get anything to ID, and the seal disappeared.
After all of that R617 returned and hauled out to the coral rubble and stayed.
Rabbit Island
R617 - morning
KG54/89
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