Mom and the seals...

Some of you have asked, "Why don't we go to the beach with mom?" Well, there are a couple of reasons. #1 even though I am part lab, I don't particularly enjoy the water. #2 when mom is on seal monitoring duty it's best that we stay home  and guard the property from the evil chickens that live in the woods behind our house. Plus, taking two big dogs, all her camera stuff, and all the seal monitoring stuff, mom just doesn't have enough hands or energy. So Schatzie and I stay home on our comfy cots. It's all good!! Here's a few pictures from mom's monitoring sessions the past couple of days. Those little monk seals are indeed cute. Enjoy!

 Seal Zen moment

 

 8HY and RF58

 

 Seals make nice pillows

 

 Seal talk

 

 seal submission

 

 just cute

 

 playtime

 

 water ballet??

 

 RF30---little butter ball

 

 playing with a feather

 

8HY has had enough of RF58

 

 

love, Gracie

Pups on Patrol...

If you remember from yesterday I told you we were out on Pup Patrol. If you look really close you will see one of the 1100 Hawaiian Monk Seals left on earth.  Can you see him??

 

Let me help you....

 

 I'll let mom zoom in for you.

This little guy is known as 8HY or as we like to call him

8 Hotel Yankee!!  We don't know how old he is for sure, but his size indicates that he is probably . 3-4 years of age. He has been hanging out on these rocks since Saturday. Just sleeping all day and then he heads out on adventures or to eat during the evening.  He is really green, probably getting ready to molt (he will shed his entry outer fur and skin) then he will be a shinny new gray/silver color.

It's a stressful time for them and they need lots of rest during this process.

 

 

and then....

 

Remember SAM ???

Well not only did we have 8HY, but we also found Sam snoozing just

 a short distance down the beach. He's looking great.

 

 

Enjoying a nice late afternoon snooze. 

 

 wow, you can almost count all his whiskers.

 

 If you are wondering, we were not allowed out of the car while mom was checking on these guys. It's dangerous for both us and the seals. We all carry icky germs that could be potentially life threatening so mom let's us view from the car and then took us home so she could come back and take these photos.  We like to abide by the rules!!

Wednesday Seal Update: 8HY was again out on the outer rocks snoozing and unfortunately Sam was no where to be found and believe me, we LOOKED!!! Maybe tomorrow.

Hope you enjoyed Pups on Patrol!!

 

Love, Gracie and Schatzie