April 23, 2024 Tuesday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Marilyn and Team R&B💕  See part two for Marilyn's Rabbit Island update.

Marilyn received a text that there were two seals on a southeast side beach.  She went to check and found KC RK28 and R416 Makali'i.  She spent close to two hours with the critters. Gamma Gayle was on site and had called the hotline and was able to set up the SRA for both seals.

RK28 KC was ID'd by her adult size, female belly, no tags, CC scars

on right and left shoulders, mobbing scar on her rear dorsal and horseshoe-shaped scar on her ventral. She looks healthy and plump.

The other seal originally thought to be RJ06, but Marilyn realized it was too small. This seal is a large juvenile or small sub-adult. Then the applied N10 bleach on the dorsal was visible! Ta-da there was what she needed to ID R416. He has no tags and has several distinctive ventral scars. 

Team R&B first stop was at Kahe where they found three males. The boys were together enjoying a good sleep.  They were RM31 Kai, RG28 Lefty and RG32.

Next stop was at Nimitz and they were thrilled to find two males on Kermits Reef.  There was RN14 Kalani and R407. Eventually they both got knocked off the reef by the waves. R407 landed on the sandy patch and RN14 went foraging but stayed nearby.

Last but not least they were so happy to find RH76 Kala. She was at her zen garden resting peacefully with all the boys far away from her.  She is just plain and simple fat!

R416

RK28

RM31

RG28

RG32

R407

RN14

Both RN14 & R407

RH76

April 4, 2024 Thursday's Dailies

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

In yesterday's news department posse pal Kathy O found a seal at Ewa Beach around 8 am. There were signs up and Kathy didn't see any tags. She didn't have any information as to when the seal arrived or which critter this was.  She did go back to the beach around 6 pm and the unknown unidentified seal was gone.

Tammy hiked out to the point with Lesley. It was a slow seal day, in that they only saw two seals today.

RW02 PvKauai was snoozing on the beach and R418 was resting on the rocks.    Meanwhile the Laysan chicks are getting big and stretching their teeny wings.

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:15 to 1:00 and with the high winds she didn't stay long. 

Only Mom RF34 Pua and pup were seen during that time. At one point the pup started moving towards the water and Mom let the kid know to come back. On day 4, the pup is already "mouthing off" to mom.  In one of the photos Pua's right rear side scar is visible.

After leaving the pier Marilyn checked in at one of the beaches and found RK28 "KC". She hasn't been seen on this side in quite a while. She was ID'd by her multiple cc scars, mobbing scar on her rear dorsal, female belly, no tags, and multiple scars on her ventral side.  Gamma Gayle had arrived and stayed to watch over her.

Team R&B started their day looking for Miss Kala RH76. They did not have much luck.

They did see R3CX Nalu at rest camp.  He was alone on shore near the cabins.

When they got to Kahe they spotted a seal coming in. They were able to ID RL20 Kalua. He came right up on the rocks to rest.  

Team R&B got a text letting them know a seal arrived at plains, so they drove over.  Initially they didn't see any critters and then walking over to the right they saw the beautiful Aukai RL12.  

Based on footprints someone had walked right up to her, so they decided to hang around for a bit to

make sure no one bothered her.  She was doing fine and her applied N13 bleach was clearly visible. Thank you NOAA.

Heading over to Nimitz they found both RN14 Kalani and R407. They were hanging out on Kermit's Reef literally snoring. Kalani's applied N14 bleach and R407's natural bleach on his left side were visible.

Team R&B headed back to Kahe, and RL20 was gone.  But they did find big boy RH32 Kaale on the rocks. He's looking fat and healthy.

From afar they could see a seal on shore at electric beach but couldn't make an ID; So they decided to make a quick stop and found RL08 on shore sound asleep.

Last stop at another west side location they found RG28 Lefty. He was alone today on the rocks snoozing. His coat was pretty much dry with the high winds today. 

unknown/unidentified 

R418

RW02

little chick  stretching its wings

Rabbit Island

KC RK28

R3CX

RL20

RL12  - N13

RN14 & R407

R407

RN14

RH32

RL08

RG28

April 8, 2023 Saturday's Dailies

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

Melody received a text this morning about a seal at a west side beach. Since this is a popular spot for Rocky the person sending the text made the assumption it was her. When Melody arrived there was no one around and the seal was close to the waters edge and there were two signs that had been put up.

As Melody looked over the seal she realized this was not Rocky. She called the hotline and was told there was seal there yesterday. A resident told Melody that there had been a seal there for the past three days.

The seal did have lots of old scars and markers all over her. However Melody was not familiar with any of the markers. She called Team R&B and sent photos. After a bit of conversation tey were able to conclude it was KC RK28. Melody called back the hotline to update them on her ID since it had been assumed it was Rocky.  KC seems to be doing fine. She was active on the beach going down to the waters edge cooling off and then back up to the sand to snooze.  KC repeated this four time while Melody was there. Since she had to leave, her friend Diana came out to sit with her for the afternoon. Thank you both for looking after the old gal.

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 3:05 to 4:25 and there were eight seals on island today.

On LPB was Mom and PO4 and Marilyn confirmed it is in fact Sadie RB12 showing her applied N23 bleach. PO4 moved away from mom several times but came back on its own. Marilyn observed at least two nursings and it appears the kid is growing.

On the middle of LPB was an Unknown Adult: adult size, but unconfirmed gender or tags.

In their usual spot Mom 3 who Marilyn is labeling RF34 Pua and PO3. PO3 spent much of its time distant from Mom today. Guess its growing up because RF34 didn't seem too concerned.

About 30 feet Makapuu side of 3BS was a Subadult Female: subadult size, gray female belly and at least one tag probably two.

About 30 ft of the S/F was an Unknown Juvenile: juvenile size, at least one tag. Seal never showed its ventral side.

At 3:35 Marilyn became aware of a seal out on the Makapuu side of RRB. A Juvenile Female: juvenile to subadult size, light grayish yellow female belly and unsure about tags.

As Marilyn was driving home from Ka'ena Point she spotted a seal on one of the east side beaches. She checked in for about 10 minutes at 2:30. The seal was RO18 Right Spot who has a SRA around her. Folks seemed to be respectful. Right Spot was ID'd by her NB on her right side.

Team R&B started their day at a west side location, where they found two seals snoozing on high rocks. There was RP30 Puka and RL08 just resting.

At the same location but to the right at seal inlet there were two more seals snoozing together.  They were shocked to find RH32 Kaale there, since its been a long time since he's been at this site. And the other bugga wouldn't move for the longest time. Team R&B did manage to get a shot of its tag H33.

Next to Kaale was RG28 Lefty. The two of them probably resting up for their next adventure.

Lastly they stopped at the bay where they found RL20 Kalua on the rocks enjoying a peaceful nap alone.

To the right was a very plump RH76 Kala hiding in the rocks. Team R&B didn't stay long as there were lots of people out and they didn't want to draw any attention to the seals. 

KC

Rabbit Island

Right Spot

RP30

RL08

Rh32

RG28

Kaale and Lefty

RH76

RL20