June 13, 2023 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:30 to 1:45 pm.  There were three seals seen on island today.

Out on the back of the rockflats of LPB was Weaner A: weaner size, shape, and coloration, two red tags. and a light belly.

About 50 feet of the 2BS was Weaner B: weaner size, shape and coloration, two red tags and light belly. 

About 50 feet of the 3BS was RK37 Huia: adult size, older coat, yellowish tan female belly, two red tags and NB on lower left side. It is more difficult to see her nb with an older coat. There is a good chance she is the Adult Female that Marilyn reported yesterday.

Team R&B started their day at the bay. They were there for a while trying to make a seals ID. Turns out it was RM31 Kai. They noted some strange dude walking back and forth in the area.  They spoke to a DLNR person and let him know about the dude. He went to speak to him, and Team R&B left for the day.

They went to check in on Lei Ola RH48. Amazingly she looks to be done with he molt. 

While on site Team R&B noticed two boys with their dad, one kid saw Lei Ola and starting yelling at her. So Team R&B went over and stood by the boys and dad. One kid ran down the rocks and the other one was throwing rocks. Dad's only response was asking :"what are you knuckleheads doing?"   Team R&B saw a cop who appeared to be watching them and filled him in on their behavior.

SOOOO many of us found out today that Lei Ola's pup was found dead. I'll put the link to the news story. But in the meantime this is the second seal death in a very short time, not to mention they both were very young.     https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/06/14/noaa-another-monk-seal-found-dead-oahu/

Team R&B made one last stop at another west side location.  They found two seals and knew one of them was RH76 Kala. It was the male that took the time to get his ID. Finally they noticed in one of their photos his scar on his head. Then they knew it was RG32.

Rabbit Island

RM31

RH48

RH76 & RG32

RG32

April 30 2023 Sunday's Dailies

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

Melody made her way to the North Shore with her son today.  They went looking for seals and at first coming up empty, but has they were heading out they were excited to find weaner formerly known as PO2, now named Lehua. Looks like she got her bling tagged S48/S49.  Her momma RH48 Lei Ola and she have same numbers but different letter.  They hung out for a little bit got some nice photos and then left. On their way home they called her into the hotline.

Team R&B had a pretty slow day. They started out at the bay, where they waited for a seal to arrive.

Finally after an hour, RH76 Kala hauled in. She went up on the rocks and was alone.

Team R&B did find a bird nest made out of fishing line. (kind of sad if you ask me, hope the babies were all okay).

At another west side location they found big boy RL08. He was hauled out on high rocks and alone. He is a big boy for a four year old and he's looking green.

They got a call of a seal by the cabins and decided to make one last stop. When they arrived the seal took off heading west. They drove around looking and finally as the very end they found a seal. There about 25 people on the beach having a fun day.  Team R&B studied the seal for close to an hour. 

There was one little girl who wanted to pet the seal, but her mom told her no, it's illegal. (Yea Mom).

After looking over this big male, they spotted the left eye which let them know it was R407 Kawika. He has been in this area before.

RS48 Lehua

RH76 Kala

RL08

bird nest made of fishing line

R407 Kawika