A seal, a honu and a pair of albatross....

One of my favorite activities on this island is hiking. Today I packed up the backpack and headed to the beach in hopes of seeing Hawaiian Monk Seals!! Well, I did see "a" seal, in fact I saw him three different times in three different locations. I was just sad there wasn't more than one.

 This is RK05, an adult male seal. What you see on his back is a cell phone tag. It records his activity and will fall off in a short time. He was also equipped with a Critter Cam about a month ago. That has been removed and data is being processed. Can't wait to see the footage.
P.s. check out his curly whisker!!!

Next, I came upon this HONU snoozing on the beach. They say you can tell the sex of these turtles by the size of their tails. I need to do some more research concerning this.

Lastly, this was one of more than a dozen pair of Laysan Albatross (that I saw) that are now nesting on the north shore of Kauai. They spend most of their life out to sea and only come ashore to nest.

So there you have it, a seal, a honu and a pair of albatross!!