November 15, 2024 Friday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 10:54 am to 1:17 pm and there were ultimately five seals seen during that time. When Marilyn arrived there were only three seals on island.

Down from 3BS was a seal that Marilyn believes RK24 Bruno: adult size, newer coat, male belly and two red tags.

Shortly after she started viewing she found weaner RT19 up from SRI: weaner size, golden male belly, two red tags. He moved up and down the beach.

At 11:09 am, a seal hauled out about 50 feet Makapuu of the 1BS. This turned out to be RP24 Mohala: sub-adult size, light tan female belly, two red tags and nb on the tip of her LFF.

At 12:26 pm a seal hauled out and moved up toward the 1BS. Marilyn believes this is the molting Adult Male that she has been reporting:

adult size, medium gray male belly, at least one red tag and about 95% molted. He appears to have only a small amount of fur on his rear dorsal area. RP24 and the AM moved closer to each other.

Then at 12:49 pm a seal hauled out on LPB and moved toward the AM. This seal is labeled as an Unknown Juvenile: large juvenile size, newer coat, two red tags. Marilyn never saw its ventral side. The UJ went immediately into snooze mode.

Tammy went to visit with BG 303 & PO12. The pup is 32 days old

and is looking nice and plump. BG has been moving the kid around a lot. They have been up and down the coastline.

Team R&B saw lots of splashing when they checked out the rest-camp area. Then they saw a fin coming up fast, swirling around, and then it was over. They captured a couple of pics of a shark. Then they saw another shark with a darker fin, seems what ever it was eating was keeping it busy.

This area was the place to be. There was lots of action in the water besides the sharks. Multiple seals were out there foraging. Team R&B actually saw fish jumping out of the water. 

The first two seals to be ID'd were R3CX Nalu and RM31 Kai.  Then there was RL20 who was very vocal today. He was busy chasing his brother RM311 Kai. The two of them spent time playing as well as foraging.  They also spotted Miss Lei Ola RH48 out there foraging. She was also busy keeping her distance from the boys.

Next stop they spotted a seal from afar at tracks. There were not able to get an ID.  They got distracted by a seal on the rocks with a big hook. They did ID this seal as RG28 Lefty, so they called the hotline immediately. They informed them where the seal was located and then said they knew of the hooked seal. Shame they don't let other folks know to keep their eyes open for the seal. Oh well! 

Team R&B noted the hook was visible but not the barb. They saw a trailing line but couldn't tell how long the line was. Lefty was resting in a pond.  Hopefully a team can get out to him or he tosses it on his own.

Lefty had company, as another seal with a clean coat was nearby. This handsome critter was ID'd as R617 newly molted with no tags.

Lastly they spotted a seal at cliffs. The seal did not move and they were unable to make a positive ID. They know it was a male with two red tags, so it was reported as an Unknown Male.  They think it could be RP30 since he does hang around the area, but they just weren't sure.

 

Rabbit Island

R303 and PO12

shark

RM31

R3CX

RL20 and brother RM31

RL20

RH48

U/U

RG28

R617

R617 and RG28

Unknown Male

November 14, 2024 Thursday's Dailies

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

Marilyn did not make it out to the pier today because the rains kept coming through and the winds were high. But she did go out and check a couple of areas on the east side. She got lucky about 10:15 am when she spotted a seal. It was RT62 Ka'iwa.  Marilyn was joined by Gamma Gayle who had some rope to set up an SRA. A little after noon a volunteer arrived.

Tammy went out to the check the point with Lesley. Overall it was a slow seal day in that they only saw two seals on their trek. Squinty R330 who's molt is coming along.  They also saw RL47 Kamakana, a Rabbit Island boy born in 2019.  He appears to be freshly molted.

There were lots and lots of albatross that have landed. They also saw several wedgies out of their burrows ready to fledge.

Team R&B were out at pokai this morning. They were happy to find RH76 Kala. She was resting on the edge of the rocks.  Team R&B did not a woman from one of the nearby camps was out with her dogs. At least one of them wasn't on a leash.  When she spotted them she headed in a different direction away from Kala.

Once they arrived at rest-camp it took them quite awhile to find any seals. There were jet-skis going by the jetty area checking out the area. They are from the movie set maybe checking for sharks in the area.

Finally they spotted a couple of seals foraging. They were able to ID RH48 Lei Ola, R3CX Nalu and RM31 Kai. There were other seals but Team RB couldn't see anything to give them an ID. 

There was lots of action out there, lots of hind flippers in the air and splashing!

Team R&B headed over to Kahe where there were signs posted and areas taped off due to Shark sightings. But over on the rocks was their boy RK72 Kekoa Alii. He has an ugly patch on his mid back, from the sat tag that had been attached. Other than that he looks great, big and healthy. His signature scar on the right of his face was visible. They

didn't see his tags only because of his position.

Then they were thrilled to find R617. This is the first time they have seen him since he completed his molt. He is looking quite handsome in his new clean coat. There was no interaction between R617 and RK72.

RT62

R330

RL47

RH76

RH48

R3CX

RM31

Unknown Adults

RK72

R617