April 18. 2023 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Their first sighting was an Unknown Adult. The U/A was foraging off the outfall, it was so windy and choppy they couldn't get an ID. The choppy water didn't stop the snorkelers from being out there.

Next stop was paradise cove and when the arrived there were two handsome males on shore. There was RG28 Lefty, who seemed very content. Guess he and Aukai had a good time together.

Up on the reef was RH32 Kaale snoozing. He looked very dry which means he might have spent the night. There were signs up thanks to paradise cove security. Team R&B called the hotline and a volunteer came with her own signs. Team R&B returned the signs to paradise cove security.

It was pouring when they arrived at a west side location. They found the little guy RP30 Puka up on high rocks to the left. 

Over on the right side of waterfront rocks was the dashing R407 Kawika. He showed all his markers, and he has a lot. A scar on his head, cc scar on his back, his scar on the left and a NB on his lower left side.  He's one of their favorite males.

Unknown Adult

RG28

RH32

RP30

R407

09/30/2021 Thursday Monk Seal Dailies

Today's dailies are brought to you by Lesley, Team T&D, Melody and Team R&B💕.  Lesley's Ka'ena update is part two of the dailies.

Team T&D still on the Big Island made the long drive to Volcanoes National Park. They didn't see any lava as it was too low in the crater. They were able to see all the gases coming up, Madam Pele awakening. 

On their way back they found R405 another large female hauled out.

R405 makes number nine of the nine seals that reside on the Big Island. They were told by a friend the fact they have seen nine seals during their time on the island meant the seal gods were looking down on them. Tammy corrected them and told them it was DB, many thanks to her friend and mentor 💓

Melody received a call last evening that Rocky had come up on shore at a west side location. It was late so she called one of the community volunteers to go check, and Melody called the hotline. 

Melody got up early this morning and found Rocky galumphing down towards the water. She is looking healthy and doing well. She has started her molt, but Rocky is taking things in stride moving on the sand and into the water very easily.  Melody send photos in to confirm her ID and that she was molting. I know Melody must have been thrilled to see her favorite, since its been a while.

Team R&B headed out and saw two seals in the outfall foraging.

Aukai who is an excellent fisher, she was catching lots of fish on her own. RN14 Kalani was going all over the place catching what he could. They both left the area and headed towards tracks. When they arrived neither seal was there, but they met up with Melody. They saw three seals passing and none of them landed. Kaale had joined Aukai and Kalani. RN14 finally arrived looked around on land then headed back out in Honolulu direction. In the end none of them hauled out and they all left the area.

Next stop Team R&B arrived at the bay and found RL20 foraging near the jetty. They had been getting text from one of the fishers "Da seal here steaking fish Auntie, Da green little seal."  Sure enough it was the little green munchkin. He was everywhere after the school of Akule. 

Moving on they finally located R3CX Nalu on shore and he is looking quite handsome. He is 100% molted, and they were really happy to find him in his new coat.

Lastly Team R&B had been looking for Benny RE74 for the last couple of days. They finally came

across him on the rocks. Unfortunately he has a hook with a long line attached. They reported one line coming over his neck and when he flipped they spotted another line coming from the right side of his mouth. He didn't toss his head or struggle at all, he just rested on the rocks. Benny is very special to Team R&B, so hopefully he will find a nice sandy area to haul out and the professionals can get to him.

R405 fat female on the Big Island

Rocky 

Aukai

RN14

Kaale

Kalani RN14

RL20 Kalua

R3CX Nalu

Benny RE74

01/28/2020 (part 2) Lesley's Ka'ena Update

Sorry I have to be brief on this report....

When I got to the point this morning I found 2 seals on Back Beach R3CU and R406 both had overnighted. After a couple of hours R3CU left and our new guy stayed alone.

In the Main Pool R330 Squinty was hauled out on the reef island. Across from him RN58 Luana was up on the little cove. They both remained there till my last check in the early afternoon.

On my way back I decided to do the Opihi trail to check what kind of debris the big swell had brought in. To my surprise I found little RL74 Kami in a little cove among rocks. It was pure chance I came up on her and saw her cause she did move and inch. I documented her and went on.  More tomorrow