02/09/2022 (part 2) Lesley's Weekly Ka'ena Update

 

Seals documented and reported last week were:

Jan 31: RN58 Luana and RG28 Lefty were at Camp Erdman. She had a new little wound on her neck Left side. nothing serious but may leave a little pit scar

Feb 1: RKA2, RN58 Luana, R330 Squinty and RG28 Lefty all spread out in different locations. Busy day with the re-opening of the permitted gate

Feb2: RL98 Lina (CC wound drying fast), RO40 Ka'ena back in his tide pools, RG28 Lefty, R330 Squinty, RN58 Luana and RKA2 all scattered

Feb 3: RN58 Luana overnighted in same spot, RO40 Ka'ena and RL98 Lina

Feb 4: with Tammy and Dave we saw RL98 Lina, RO40 Ka'ena and RKA2

Feb 5: with Diane we saw R407 Kawika finally decided to come by, found him overnighted on a sandy beach, RL98 Lina, RW02 PVKauai and RL47 Kamakana

Several BFAL Black Footed Albatross have been visiting. LAAL Laysan Albatrosses and chicks are everywhere. Whales are still stealing the show. We even had the visit of a game bird that made his way down from the hunting grounds.

Hopefully soon I'll be able to get back to daily reports for the blog

For now be safe 

02/04/2022 Friday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1:30 to 3:00 and there were two seals on island today.  Sure beats the last couple of days of no seals.

On the rock flats at Middle Cliffs was a juvenile female that Marilyn believes is RP24 Mohala (RF34 Pua's 2021 pup born on 3/20/21). Juvenile size, female belly with some green, two tags and a quick look at the natural bleach on her LFF. 

On the rock flats just back of SRI was an A/F: hefty adult size, medium gray female belly and unsure about tags. This female looks pregnant but doesn't look like it will be anytime soon.

Team T&D hiked out to Ka'ena Point today and met up with Lesley. Their first find was RL98. Her

cookie bite above her RFF is healing nicely, and doesn't seem to bother her.

Next they found RP40 Ka'ena hauling out just as they arrived.

Lastly they found RKA2, the little 3 year old Kauai girl. She still hanging out at the point. 

Team R&B started their day waiting for hours with no seals around. They did see some whales to keep them entertained. One of the folks on the beach let them know there were two seals that passed but Team R&B did not see them.

FINALLY, they found a seal snoozing his heart away on the rocks. It was their beloved Kekoa Alii RK72. He was alone today.

As soon as they arrived at another west side location there was seal. It was Kaale RH32, imagine that he finally left the crowded beaches where he had been hanging out. Later he moved down to the shallows with his butt in the air. ( and that would be another reason to call him butt head.)

They found RP84 Pe'ekai about one minute before he decided to move to lower rocks. He was then hidden away as he does so well.

Then there was another little seal, and after a lot of studying they finally figured out his ID. It was RL08, RB00's 2019 Kauai boy.  He was on high mid rocks, pretty much hidden for a long time. Patience paid off after waiting in the hot sun, the little guy showed them what they needed to make an ID.

At another location they found a seal that they did not see right away. One of their friends spotted the

critter on the rocks. They went over to look and there was RL70 Leina. These seals are very good at hiding themselves. RL70 is probably hiding from the boys.

Last stop they went to check if the same two boys were still around. Sure enough there was RM31 Kai and R3CX Nalu chilling on shore together. A woman on site told them they were arguing earlier.

Kai was snoring and looking peaceful. He has a new CC on his chest, nothing to be concerned about.

Nalu was snoozing along side of him. He looks really big compared to the kid.

Rabbit Island 

RKA2

RL98

Ka'ena

RK72

Kaale 

Pe'ekai

RL08

Leina RL70

Kai 

Nalu

R3CX and RM31

01/17/2022 (part 2) Lesley's Weekly Ka'ena Update

 

Another busy week went by, to wrap it up our internet has been spotty to non existent. Finally, this afternoon it's a little better.

We have had work being done all week on the permitted main road, mainly empting the puddles. 

LAALs and BFALs are everywhere in the NAR. Whales are active and several HMSeals have shown up after being MIA for a while.

We even had a special visit of our dearest "Da Prez" aka the Blog Lady

In the seal world:

R330 Squinty was swimming up and down the coast every day in a different spot

RW02 PVKauai and RL74 Kami have been a constant pair also hauling out daily in different locations

RL98 Lina did a one-day visit and over night

KG54 Huaka'i did a couple of haul outs

RJ40 'E'ena has been overnighting, leaving at early hours then hauling back out in the late afternoons

We have had the tongue twister RKA2 (F) - tags KA2/KA3 she's RK30's daughter from Kauai documented here on Oahu this week for the first time. She's one small seal.

RO40 Ka'ena is back from his end of year tour. He's looking good

and last but not least RN58 Luana looking VERY big and healthy. Hopefully after 2 sabbatical years this year she will pup again.

More soon - Be safe