February 10, 2024 Saturday's Dailies

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

Team R&B started their day at the bay and were happy to find Miss Kala RH76.  She was at her zen rock garden.  They noted a black mark on her lip they had not seen before. They couldn't tell what it was but did send it in on their report.

Next stop they were out on the beach looking out at the ocean. Suddenly they see a seal swim pass, so they followed along the shore line. It was RK72 Kekoa Alii and he hauled out,  but seemed a little skittish and went back into the water. Then he came back and landed for good, went right to sleep.  His tracker and sat tag are still on, so they notified NOAA.

They did a recheck later in the day and he was still there.

While still at the same location they spotted another seal swimming by. The seal turns around and hauls out. It was Kaale RH32, who spots Kekoa and Kekoa sees him. There was no interaction just looks.

Team R&B got a text from a friend of a seal on shore at plains. They headed over and saw the seal was roped off and signs were up. There were lots of folks on the beach and lots of kids running and playing.

They ID'd RL12 Aukai who was very alert especially with the kids yelling.  She was fine just aware of all the people.  They called the hotline.   Team R&B spent time answering lots of questions from the kids. They were very excited to see a seal in the wild.

Next stop they were happy to find a seal in the area again.  Today it was the handsome R407 Kawika. One of the guys at the site said he had hauled out around 9:30ish.

On their last stop they they spotted a seal hauling up on shore. No sooner the seal was on shore a woman ran up to it to take a photo.  They called the hotline to notify them of all the folks at the beach and that a seal just hauled out.

When they got closer to the area they saw the seal was a male with two red tags. They weren't sure who it was until they saw the number 3.  That was enough for them to see it was Nalu R3CX who was back. It's been a while since they have seen him,

RH76

RK72

RH32

RL12

R407

R3CX

February 9, 2024 Friday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:35 to 2:35 and there were five seals seen during that time.

Out on the rock flats on the Lanikai side of LPB were two seals:

R606: sub-adult male, lighter ventral, nb on tip of RFF, no tags seen, and he doesn't have any.

Unknown Unknown: no information on this seal since only a small part of it was seen behind the rocks.

On the beach between 3BS and SRI were three seals:

Adult Female: adult size, older coat, brownish female belly and at least one probably two red tags.

Initially cuddled right up to the AF was a Juvenile Female: juvenile size, light female belly and two red tags.

A short distance away at the waterline was an Adult Male: adult size, dark gray male belly and Marilyn doesn't think he had any tags.

First the JF then the AF moved down the beach near to the AM.

After leaving the pier Marilyn checked a couple of locations and found RS36 Pualani. (one of last years pups)  NOAA came out an applied N36 bleach to her right side. She was ID'd by her juvenile size, older coat with some green, female belly and S36/S37 tags.  She is a little cutie! Marilyn noted that it looked like the applied bleach was dried and had some sand on it, so who knows how it will read once she gets into the water.

Team R&B arrived at Kahe this morning and spotted dolphins off shore doing their thing. Then they heard barking from a seal and saw some splashes. When they checked it out it was RG28 arguing with RL08 in the water.

Another seal passed by, it had scratches on its back, but they were not able to make an ID. They reported it as an Unknown Adult.  

All three were headed in the direction of KoOlina.

Before leaving the site, they happen to look over to the rocks and saw

that RG28 Lefty had hauled out. He came back after arguing with RL08.

Then from afar they saw a small seal hauled out at electric beach. The seal was sub-adult size, male, and two red tags. They were able to figure out it was RL20 Kalua.

Last stop at the cliffs they spotted an adult seal. Initially the seal was hidden and they couldn't see much, so they waited around for some movement. After a while they left to look around and when they

returned they were able to get an ID. It was RL42 Leia with her signature cc scar on her side.

They spotted a Shama after hearing it chirping.  They also spotted some Hawaiian Stilts.

They did note they spent time looking for RK72 Kekoa Alii, but they never found him.

Rabbit Island

RS36 bleach N36

RL08

RG28

Unknown Adult

RG28 hauled out

RL20

RL42

Hawaiian Stilt

Shama

February 8, 2024 Thursday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:15 to 2:15 and there were two seals seen during that time.

Behind the water front rocks of the LPB surge channel was Unknown Sub-adult 1: sub-adult to adult size, yellowish belly, unsure about sex or tags. This seal is probably the same one that was in the same location yesterday. The seal only moved slightly during Marilyn's viewing session.

Down from 3BS was Unknown Sub-adult 2: sub-adult size, light ventral, unsure about sex or tags.

Team R&B only had one seal today. This morning they found RG28 Lefty on the rocks resting.

There were people walking up to the spot where he was resting.  Its an endless battle trying to get people to respect the boundaries for wild life.

Rabbit Island

RG28