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View From Here - Hawaii Travel Blog - Hawaiian Monk Seal

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The Newest Cell Phone Debuts in Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Fri 2/12/2010

Destination: Kauai

Yesterday, we instrumented this 4-year-old female Hawaiian monk seal with a device that will track her movements in the water—how far off-shore she swims, how deep she dives, how often she dives, how many hours—and, possibly, days—she spends in the water.
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In Search of Seals on Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Tue 2/9/2010

Destination: Kauai

After a mile-long hike and trek along a stretch of coastline on Kauai’s north shore, I am sitting under a heliotrope tree on the beach writing this. I can’t help but pull out my camera with the super-telephoto lens and snap a few pictures of the adult Laysan albatrosses skimming the ocean’s surf, but I didn’t pack my camera to take pictures of birds, as cute as they are.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal: Week 2

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 12/14/2009

Destination: Kauai

At two weeks of age, the Hawaiian Monk Seal pup known as "KP4" takes pleasure in using his newly-discovered foreflippers. He flaps them. He slaps his face with them. He even swims with them. In his second week of life, he and mom go for short swims in the shallows.
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Ode to Hawaiian Monk Seal Mom

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Fri 12/4/2009

Destination: Kauai

Meet "KP4." Here, he squawks at his mother. At six days of age, he's a cutie. But he hasn't quite figured out exactly where on mom's body that yummy-liquid-stuff dispenses. I spent three hours with the pair yesterday, and he poked mom in the belly, neck, back and tail the entire time. A few nudges he got right and milky liquid streamed down his throat--and elsewhere.
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Celebrate World Oceans Day

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 6/8/2009

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

As for me, I spent most of Saturday at the beach. If you’ve followed my blog for the past few months, you won’t be surprised that I was pup-sitting an endangered Hawaiian monk seal. But I wasn’t checking on “Sunrise Seal,” about whom I have written and photographed extensively. At 6:00 a.m., I checked on a pregnant mom, known at K01. When I left at 10:00, she had rolled back down into the water. I figured she was heading out to feed one more time, because once she pups, she won’t get another good meal for five to seven weeks. At 2:00 p.m., I received a text message: K01 had pupped.
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The Hawaiian Monk Seal Is Native

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Sun 6/7/2009

Destination: Maui

What do marine mammal first responders do for fun in the sun? We practice transporting cetaceans. Because we do not have access to live animals, though, we opt for substitutes. Even though the sun was scorching during this afternoon’s training, at least the animal weighed next to nothing.
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Maui & Monk Seals

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 6/1/2009

Destination: Maui

I flew to Maui today to attend three days of meetings as part of the 4th Annual Hawaiian Monk Seal & Cetacean Stranding Response Network. At the far northern end of Ka'anapali Beach, we discovered divers launching themselves off the 35-foot rock face at sunset. Click "read more" to see the picture.

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Sunrise Seal: Tagged

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 5/18/2009

Destination: Kauai

Ten days after mom left, a team from NOAA tagged our girl. Because the scientists put two tags on her–in case one falls off–her official name is A00/A01. We, however, named her Kaikoa.

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Sunrise Seal: 38 Days Old

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 5/6/2009

Destination: Kauai

It was overcast and drizzling when I arrived at sunrise. The Hawaiian monk seal mom and pup had hauled out before Lloyd and I showed up. We removed the signs and ropes and walked the long walk to the north end of the beach, where the seals once snuggled alongside a fence we had erected for their protection. They had long since ditched those digs, favoring spots further south along the beach. But we didn’t find them at the north end, either.
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Sunrise Seal: 37 Days Old

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Tue 5/5/2009

Destination: Kauai

The wind barely stirred on this day at sunrise, as a rooster strutted and crowed in the bushes at the edge of the beach. I’ve noticed a couple things in the past few days. One, pup is turning grey, especially on her belly. And, two, pup is not happy with mom.
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