July 28, 2025 Monday's Dailies

Today's dailies are brought to you by Marilyn.  Team R&B had car problems today.

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:06 to 2:09 pm and there were four seals seen during that time.

When she started viewing there were no seals on shore of the island. She soon saw at least two seals playing in the LPB surge channel. At 12:54 pm the two seals hauled out of the channel. One was an Unknown Juvenile: juvenile size, older brown coat and two red tags. The other seal was one of the Recent Weaners. The weaner stayed on shore for a shore time and then re-entered the surge channel. The UJ snoozed for a while and then re-entered the surge channel about 1:30 pm.

At 1:42 pm, first Recent Weaner RW1 and the Recent Weaner 2 RW2 hauled out of the channel onto the rock flats. The UJ had hauled out Lanikai of the two recent weaners. Then RW1 moved in the Lanikai direction toward the surge channel, then stopped near the UJ. Then RW2 also moved closer to the UJ. They all went into snooze mode.

At 1:56 pm Marilyn noticed that one of the older weaners had hauled out near the 3BS. This turned out to be RU24 who was ID'd by his weaner size and shape, two red tags and light male belly.

July 28, 2025 Yesterday's Rabbit Island Update

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island on Sunday from 12:07 to 2:33 pm and there five seals seen on island.

The big news of the day was that both PO11 and PO12 have been weaned.  The mpms must have left sometime between late Thursday afternoon to sometime Sunday morning.  Marilyn couldn't be sure which new weaner is which, but she decided to label the weaner that was out on the reef flats Lanikai side of LPB as PO11 the the other weaner that hauled out in the middle of LPB as PO12.

At 1:30 pm, PO11 was near the LPB channel on the rock flats. Later PO11 moved further up the reef flat and later showed off his male belly.

At 1:07 pm, PO12 hauled out in the middle of LPB, proceeded to play with

some rocks and other debris on the beach and ultimately went into snooze mode. PO12 briefly entered the water again and hauled out a short time later near the 1BS.

At 2:05 pm what Marilyn assumes to be either RU24 or RU38 hauled out of the LPB surge channel and moved up shore. Marilyn never saw the belly so it was reported as an Unknown Weaner. The weaner has lost a lot of its pup far.

When Marilyn started viewing there were two seals on the water front rocks near 3BS.

Adult Female: adult size, new coat, gray female belly and two red tags. This seal left the 3BS area at 12:55 pm and then hauled out near the 2BS. Later the AF returned to the 3BS area.

The other seal on the waterfront rocks was a Juvenile Female: juvenile size, older coat, female belly and two red tags. This seal entered the water near the 3BS area and later hauled out of the SRI channel.

Rabbit Island

July 27, 2025 Sunday's Dailies

Today's dailies are brought to you by Team R&B💕  Marilyn did view Rabbit Island today but wasn't able to send out a report this evening. What I can tell you is both moms have left the island and we have two new weaners.  I am sure Marilyn will give us all the details tomorrow.

Team R&B started their day watching the dolphins. The beaches were full with lots of people snorkeling, divers and boats.  The dolphins were going back and forth through the many fans. After a while the pod got smaller and went further out.

They made their way over to Plains and was happy to see RH48 Lei Ola. She was in a zone set up for her resting. They did think she seemed a little restless today, in that she kept looking at the water. Team R&B hung around thinking maybe another seal would come in. At one point Lei Ola flopped over on her back looking like she didn't have a care in the world.  Team R&B headed out after an hour and half.

Wouldn't you know it... an hour after they left they got word two seal

hauled up to the left of Lei Ola. They were already by Yoks and too much traffic to make it back to plains.

Their last find of the day was RP30 Puka, who was partially hidden. They were determine to make the ID so they cut through some brush to get a good look. They saw his cc scar on the right side and confirmed his identity. 

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July 26, 2025 Saturday's Dailies

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

Team R&B's first stop was at Pokai where there were no seals. However they did get to observe a celebration for sovereignty. While watching they heard some of the guys talking saying "oh he got the fish". They were watching and talking about a boobie catching a fish.

Over at Kahe they waited but no seals. They did see the dolphins which always makes waiting around a lot more fun,

Lastly they headed over to plains and were thrilled to finally see a seal on shore. They ID'd RH48 Lei Ola looking gorgeous, as she is 100% molted.

They discovered, Lei Ola is a "lefty". She kept moving left on every visit, and goes close to the signs. The lifeguards moved them today since there were lots of folks out. 

Celebration for Sovereignty 

boobie catching fish

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RH48

July 25, 2025 Friday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Team R&B💕  Marilyn has company visiting for a few days so we'll have to wait for any Rabbit Island updates.

Team R&B had a three seal day.

Their first sighting was RM31 Kai. He was alone resting on the rocks. They suspect he will be molting soon.

They got a call of a seal hauled up at Plains. They headed out and found KG89 Huaka'i resting. The lifeguards set up a zone for her. They saw her gray G89 tag. She has a scar on her chest area with a dark spot, two line scars on lower side and gill like marking on her cheeks.

Team R&B educated the folks who asked questions. One surfer remembered her story from the news, the female seal who came all the way from Kure Atoll. 

Later in the day a second seal joined her but Team R&B were already back on the westside so they didn't have any information.

Lastly they spotted a seal high up on shore at Waikomos. The seal was very dark with lots of green and covered in sand. They could see it had tags but they it was covered in sand.

Then they saw her white nails on her flipper and one white nail on the other flipper. That is what they need to ID RL70 Leina. They believe she is starting her molt. They could see her scar on her neck area and the fur opening up. She was too sandy to see if anything was happening on her belly.

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RL70