April 26, 2023 Wednesday's Dailies

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

Tammy is still on Molokai, and yesterday had a ten seal day.  She sent the photos today and thankfully labeled them for me. All I can say is Tammy is having a great time and I only wish I was there with her.

Here are all the seals she saw yesterday:  RK62 - RK94 - RQ32 - RN20 - RQ82 - RW00 - RQ28 - RQ30 - R424.

Team R&B took a completely different route this morning and went out to Mokuliea side of Ka'ena Point. Thankfully the weather held up and it was only drizzling. They met up with Lesley while out there.

They spotted a seal from afar and Lesley let them know it was RK36 Kauai Kolohe.

Next there was RL98 Lina.

Then they walked out some to the point and found two seals, which they did not know their ID. One large adult and one small mint greenish seal with a cc scar on left fore flipper. They didn't recognize anything familiar about the large seal.

Last seal on shore as they were going to leave. There was RW02 PvKauai.

Also they were happy to see lots of albatross flying and gliding. They were in heaven.

On their way home they stopped at a west side location and they were happy they did. There were three seals:

RL08 was at left high rocks alone.

RP30 Puka was alone at seal inlet.

RH76 Kala was at waterfront rocks.

They made one last stop. In the morning they could see there was a sweep of all the campers. When they went by in the afternoon the campers were back putting up their tents.  They stopped briefly and found RH48 Lei Ola in the little pond. She was alone snoozing once again.

RQ82

RQ28

RQ30

RQ32

R424

RK62

RK94

RN20

RW00

Albatross

RK36

RL98

Unknown Unknown

Unknown Adult

RW02

RL08

RP30

RH48

April 4, 2023 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 10:50 to 1:25 and there were six seals occupying the island.

On LPB was Mom 4 and PO4, they were just moving up the beach. There were snoozing and nursing sessions. Still no positive ID on mom.

Between 1BS and 2BS was an Adult Male: adult size, older darker coat and male belly and at least one tag. There may have been some scars on the dorsal back and ventral side. He spent most of the time covered in sand.

Initially in the water but hauling out on shore were Mom 3 and PO3. They went for the longest swim, Marilyn has seen so far. Came back in for a nurse and snooze.

About 60 feet of 3BS was RK37 Huia: subadult to adult size, female belly, two red tags and NB on lower left side.

Later, Marilyn got word that RM26 Nohea was on the east side.

RM26 is Kaiwi's pup born on April 6 2020. She'll be turning 3 in a couple of days.

Melody decided to go visit Lei Ola and PO2, even though it was a rainy dreary day. When she arrived Mom and PO3 were in the middle of a nursing session. Seems PO2 has grown quite a bit since she saw him six days ago. Once the pup's belly was full they both took a nap.

After an hour they were still in the same spot. Eventually PO2 got antsy and started to venture off away from Lei Ola. Mom woke up and had a panic attack not have her eyes on it. PO2 couldn't make it over the rocks so it barked for Mom. Kid went over to mom and sheepishly buried her head in the sand. Then they headed out for a swim.

Once they came back in there was RQ75 Lehiwa, Right Spots pup from last year. Lei Ola didn't like the intrusion so she went after Q75. Lehiwa fought back (little bugga). 

When Melody was leaving she spotted Lehiwa RQ75 with U'i Mea Ola 

Team R&B started their morning at the ourfall watching an adult seal foraging along side snorkelers. They took some pics from a distance and seeing a scar on left lip they remembered RK62 female from Molokai.

Next they headed over to secrets to check out what was happening today. A volunteer was on site there were signs but no ropes around Aukai RL12 on shore. A wedding group did a photo shoot near Aukai.

At another west side location they found Miss Kala RH76 in the company of the two brothers, RM31 Kia and RP30 Puka. Nice to see the brothers hanging out together. 

On their way home they checked out the bay. There they found RH32 Kaale alone. He seemed alert looking around over his shoulders.  They were surprised to see him in this

spot, since its been quite awhile he had been seen there.

Next at a different location they found RQ24 Mauna and RL42 Leia. Looks like RQ24 is doing okay getting along in life.  

RL42 was well hidden but they saw her CC scar to get a positive ID. They couldn't tell much about her size based on her position. 

Rabbit Island

M26 Nohea

Lei Ola RH48 & PO2

RQ72 & S32

RK62

RL12

RH76 - RM31 - RP30

RM31

RP30 and sister RH76

RH32

RQ24 & RL42