06/15/2022 Wednesday's Dailies

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

Also thanks to Dana for reminding me that today is Kawena RH36 Birthday!  She is six years old and it Kaiwi's first pup and the infamous Irma's grandchild.

Team R&B arrived at a west side location and found the cutest two seals side by side. There was Lei Ola RH48 next to RP30 Puka snoozing together peacefully.

That didn't last for long, Lei Ola perked up and looked down and out of nowhere popped RN14 Kalani.

He chased Lei Ola over the rocks and barked at little Puka. Lei Ola "ran" galumphed really really fast on the rocks to get away. But Kalani being a jerk persisted and went after her. Finally Puka RP30 went to high rocks and away from the drama.  Lei Ola made it over and Kalani settled down by her.

Next from a far they noticed the seal coming up. There were so many tourist that Team R&B hesitated to head over to check, so they waited patiently.

The dolphins arrived and the tourist went nuts, yelling and running over to get in the water to swim with them. This was the break Team R&B needed. There in the shallows was KG54 Huakai. She is sleek and very smooth and clean. They saw her tags, small gill like scars on her face and the half CC scar on her butt area.

A friend of theirs arrived to get a look at her, Team R&B told her what they knew of KG54. She was impressed (as many of us are) with how far this female traveled to get to Oahu.

Team R&B returned to where Lei Ola, Kalani and Puka had been. Kalani RN14 was in the shallows and he left. RP30 Puka was not there anymore. Lei Ola RH48 was still there and alone. AND now RL70 was there on water front rocks.

At another location from afar they saw a fisher next to a seal. So they did the long hot walk to the site and found RN04 Kainoa.  They were happy to make the ID!

Marilyn had a very long and busy day, but she managed to view Rabbit Island from 2:30 - 3:30 and there were five seals during observation. All five seals were on LPB.

Furthest toward the rock flats on the Lanikai side of LPB was MO7 and PO7. At one point PO7 headed on its own for the water and got washed a few times, then headed back for Mom. A short time later PO7 headed for MO6 & PO6. As he got closer to MO6, Momma MO7 barked and the kid returned to momma.

About 50 feet in the 1BS direction was MO6&PO6. PO6 spent much of its time nursing behind MO6 during the time Marilyn was there.

A short distance further was an Adult Male - adult size, dark male belly and two red tags.

Marilyn saw two guys on Rabbit Island in the RRB area and beyond. While she was observing them, MO7 and PO7 moved over between MO6 and PO6 and the AM. Then PO7 moved over behind MO6 and finally back to Mom MO7.

This is going to get interesting but thankfully the pups are just a day or two apart, so if there is a switch they should continue to get the nourishment they need.

Happy 6th Birthday Kawena RH36 - pic 6/15/16 with momma Kaiwi

RH48 and RP30

RN14 going after RH48

KG54

RL70

Kalani

RN04 Kainoa

Rabbit Island - Two Moms - Two Pups & an Adult Male

03/09/2021 Tuesday Monk Seal Dailies

 

Today's dailies are brought to you by Team R&B💕.

This morning on the west side was cold, crisp and raining and they still headed out looking for seals. At the outfall, there were no fishermen, no boats, no fish, just one turtle swimming by itself.  They then spotted RN14 Kalani and as soon as they got the ID he left the outfall and headed for tracks.  They hurried over and found Lefty RG28 on shore. Then here come Kalani RN14 and Lefty was not having it. The boys got into it, there was lots of slapping, barking and whooping at each other for almost an hour. Exciting to watch the boys and seeing the dynamics between them. Neither one would give up, they probably exhausted themselves when they ended up falling a sleep. Team R&B called the hotline.

Team R&B left the site to run and errand and returned to find both seal still there and okay. Except

there was a red suzuki jeep driving on the shore line. Team R&B called the hotline again. They see a volunteer on the beach and the jeep stops, but most importantly the seals were fine.

Team R&B headed over to another beach and there was critter just hauling up on the rocks. They could see the tag RH36, its Kawena!  She hauled up right in front of the camps, so Team R&B didn't stay. They did return later in the afternoon and saw Kekoa RK72 hauled up next to her. At least now she had company and a protector.

Final stop at another west side location they discovered on seal up on the rocks. It was R3CX Nalu very brown and very dry.

RN14 Kalani

Lefty RG28

Lefty and Kalani getting into it

seals and vehicle on shore

Kawena RH36

Kawena and Kekoa 

R3CX Nalu

03/04/2021 Thursday Monk Seal Dailies

Today's dailies are brought to you by Lesley and Team R&B💕.  Lesley's Ka'ena update is part two of the dailies.

Team R&B got to the outfall this morning and got a big treat watching Kaale RH32 eating a big stick fish. He was tossing it about chasing it under the water and coming back up with chunks missing. After about 40 minutes he finally swallowed the rest of it.  Not only did Kaale entertain them, but the fishermen were impressed.

From a distance they could see a seal hauled out at tracks. They headed over and found RG28 Lefty alone and snoozing. He was paid a visit by a lady walking her dog and this is one of those times when the woman did not see the seal. Lefty scurried to the waters edge, and the woman was very apologetic. Turns out all worked out Lefty stayed put.

Team R&B see another seal coming in. RN14 Kalani came right in and scooted up to Lefty who barked

at him. Kalani moved up and the two boys settled in for the day. They also got to see the dolphins out and about having a good time as dolphins always seem to have.

While watching for whales and dolphins there was another seal coming in. It was R407 Kawika, he approached cautiously looking to RN14 Kalani. Kalani wasn't having it and a fight broke out and the two boys Kawika and Kalani left shore and out by the surfers. The surfers kept watch and gave the seals room to argue. Team R&B called the hotline to report. They stayed until they lost sight of Kalani and Kawika.

Team R&B went to check on the stickfish eating machine Kaale who had hauled out not to far from the outfall. There were two seals Kaale RH32 and Kekoa Alii RK72.  The area has a new camp set up with lots of new faces, Team R&B didn't stay long.

Team R&B headed over to KoOlina to check and it was crazy with people and a couple of seals. R1KM was on shore in the middle of the tourist. She was moving about and kids were in front of her. Team R&B asked them to move away and to stay behind the signs.  It was frustrating and there were too many people pushing the limits. A volunteer had been on site but left for another section.  Turns out the lovely Aukai RL12 was at another lagoon. There was no signs when they first saw her, but the security folks went looking.

Much to their surprise and happiness RW22 Kolohe was in paradise cove and no signs. Thankfully a

little later a volunteer arrived and so did the signs.

Lastly Team R&B happen to be passing an area and spotted two seals on the beach. They went to check and one of them was RW02 PvKauai and the other took some time to ID. The seal had tags but hidden and its coat was brown in color and no real markers. After a bit the seal showed its tags and there was RH36 Kawena!  Good to see her since that hadn't seen her in a while. 

Kaale RH32 with stick fish

Lefty G28

RN14 Kalani

Kalani and Lefty

dolphins

R407 Kawika

Kawika - Kalani and Lefty

Kalani mouthing off

Kekoa and Kaale

R1KM

Aukai RL12

Kolohe RW22

RW02 PvKauai

RW02 PvKauai and Kawena RH36