June 16, 2025 Monday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:38 to 2:10 pm and there were seven seals seen during that time. 

Although Marilyn did say it was much less hectic than yesterday. 

MO11(RH76) and PO11 were on LPB. The pup was behind mom for most of the time, but Mom moved up and Marilyn could see the pup. She did see the pup nurse for a short while.

On the waterline down from the 2BS and difficult to see were Aukai RL12 and PO12. Marilyn did see mom and pup swimming in a shallow pool and later RL12 moved up and there was a nursing session. Then the pup moved behind mom.

Among the waterfront rocks and tide pools between 3BS and SRI were the two weaners. Marilyn is reasonably sure she got their IDs today. Crawling up on the rocks was the male weaner RU24 (po3) weaner size, shape and coloration, light male belly and two red tags.

Weaner RU38 (po4) spent much of her time resting in the tide pools with her light female belly showing. She was also ID'd by her size, shape, and coloration. RU38 moved near RU24, who didn't respond to her.

On the rock flats Lanikai side of SRI was the molting Adult Female: adult size, light to medium gray female belly, and bout 70% molted. Marilyn did see two red tags yesterday and wonders who it could be in that it seems a little early for either RI moms to be molting.  Perhaps she is one of the Molokai moms or maybe a female who isn't giving birth this year.

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Team R&B only had one find today. When they arrived at yoks they saw a man kneeling taking a photo. Sure enough when they went over there was a seal. It was RN04 Kainoa resting on shore. There weren't any signs or flags around him  The lure is still stuck to his belly on the left side.  They did call NOAA to update.

Rabbit Island

RN04

June 15, 2025 Sunday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island today from 12:26 to 2:54 pm and there was a lot happening on island today. When Marilyn first arrived there were numerous people on island having arrived on 3 kayaks and one SUP. It appears the total number of trespassers was 12. DOCARE was called twice, but in the end Marilyn doesn't know if they responded. 

Beyond all the people on island there were 10 seals on island today. 

Marilyn noticed at 1:08 pm there were two seals next to each other on the rock flats on the Lanikai side of LPB. Marilyn believes they were

both adult size. The seal mostly hidden appeared to have a yellow ventral. They were labeled Unknown Adult 1 and Unknown Adult 2. Later they did move further back on the rock flats, but were even more hidden.

MO11 (presumably RH76) and her pup PO11 started out near where they have been between 1BS and 2BS, but during viewing, they migrated in the Lanikai direction and ended up almost directly down from the 1BS. Thankfully they are now on a sandy beach.

Weaner 1 was on the shore between the two moms and their pups, but closer to RL12 and PO12. Weaner 1 never showed it ventral so unsure

if its RH24 or RU38.

Down from 2BS was RL12 Aukai and her pup PO12. They appeared to haul out from the shallows soon after Marilyn arrived. She saw PO12 nurse, briefly, but the pup spent much of its time hidden behind Aukai. Both mom and pup seem healthy.

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

Juvenile Male: juvenile size, yellow male belly and some green with two red tags.

Adult Female: adult size, medium gray female belly, two red tags and about 60% molted. Marilyn wonders if this is one of this years moms doing her post pup molt.

Weaner 2 was seen several times in a small inlet in the waterfront rocks not a great distance from the J/M and A/F. Later Weaner 2 galumphed into a tide pool in the rock flats. Just after Marilyn had put the camera away, she saw Weaner 2 making its way toward the J/M and A/F.

On the other side of the island Team R&B were batting zero. They

spent their time watching the dolphins and the people that were out celebrating fathers day. 

Then they got a call from a friend of a seal hauled out at plains. So they headed over to check it out and were thrilled to see RH48 Lei Ola. She is quite green, putting on some weight and looking fine. There were ropes and signs placed up for her which is always nice to see.

They called it a day to go celebrate fathers day with the ohana.

Rabbit Island

dolphins

RH48

June 14, 2025 Saturday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:01 to 2:19 pm and there were six seals seen during that time.

On LPB was Weaner 1, weaner size and shape and two red tags. It never showed its ventral so it is unknown if it was RU24 or RU38. It moved up the beach as the tide rose, but it never rolled over.

Again on the waterline of rocky shoreline between the 1BS and 2BS was MO11 and PO22. Mom and pup seem fine. The pup still struggles to nurse because MO11 always seems to present to the pup with a rock blocking her nipple area. Mom and pup again moved up and down the rocks several times. Marilyn did observe one nursing.  A throw fisherman was on the island and managed to walk by all of the seals, but none seemed to respond and he seems to try to give all the seals wide berth.

Close to 2BS were RL12 Aukai and her pup PO12. Pup seems active and healthy and seems to like to play with mom's mouth and rear flippers. Marilyn saw one nursing session.

Weaner 2 was out on the rock flats between 3BS and SRI. Although the weaner gave Marilyn a partial ventral view, it was not good enough to determine its sex. So weaner 2 it is. Later Weaner 2 moved into a tide pool nearer shore and then Marilyn lost sight of it.

Marilyn made a quick stop this morning at one of the east side beaches before heading to the pier. There was RQ32 (Molokai female born 2022) was in a zone set up by Gamma Gayle. RQ32 is small sub-adult size, tan female belly with some green and two red tags. She doesn't seem to have many ID markers. 

Team R&B made some quick search as some spots coming up empty. Their goal for the day was to find the hooked seal they saw yesterday. They believe the seal is RN04 Kainoa based on his cc scar on the right side.

Along their route, they spotted a seal from afar on shore. They knew it was a male with tags. They got to the area to see the seal was set up in a zone of flags and one sign. It was RW02 PvKauai resting peacefully.

They were determined so they headed out to Ka'ena West with hopes

of finding the hooked seal. They were out there just about to give up when they noticed one of the rocks was too smooth.  (that would be me). Sure enough it was a seal, and it was Kainoa RN04. At first they didn't see the hook which is a trebel lure. They stayed for quite awhile waiting for him to move, to determine whether the hook was still there or not. 

Two men passed by and noticed Kainoa. They started to go down the cliff to get closer. They went closer to get some pictures. Kainoa started moving and finally flipped to his belly and up a rock. That is when Team R&B noticed the lure was still there, snug stuck to his lower belly.  Meanwhile the two guys noticed Team R&B taking photos, so they decided to take off.  Kainoa remained, resting.  They never saw any fishing lines, just the big lure.

Rabbit Island

RQ32

RW02

RN04