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View From Here - Hawaii Travel Blog - Hawaiian Monk Seal

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  • Sunrise Seal: 23 Days Old

    Destination: Kauai

    Mom was sleeping in the shallows when her pup decided to take a bite out of her side.

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  • Sunrise Seal: 21 Days Old

    Destination: Kauai

    Sometimes, following mom around isn’t easy.  Here, mom hauled out on an exposed portion of the reef during low tide.  After all that work, our Hawaiian monk seal pup took a nap, only to wake up ravenous.

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  • Sunrise Seal: 20 Days Old

    Destination: Kauai

    Here we’re near the full moon, and as you can see, the tide on this north shore beach on Kaua’i is low.  With all the exposed reef and naturally-formed swimming holes, our Hawaiian monk seal pup couldn’t stray too far from mom.  Or me.  There was one other person on the beach today–a man on a two-week vacation here in Hawaii.  He hauled in an extreme telephoto lens on his Canon 20D.

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  • Sunrise Seal: 19 Days Old

    Destination: Kauai

    When I arrived on this morning to find mom and pup inside the enclosure, I was quite surprised.  I expected them some 200 yards down the beach.

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  • Sunrise Seal: 18 Days Old

    Destination: Kauai

    How can you resist the face of this Hawaiian monk seal pup?  I mean, really.  And, yet, at one time this critically-endangered marine mammal was clubbed to death.

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  • Sunrise Seal: 17 Days Old

    Destination: Kauai

    Because of waves breaking on the reef like these, the water inside the reef where the pup is learning to swim got a little rough.  And our pup doesn’t like it.

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  • Sunrise Seal: 16 Days Old

    Destination: Kauai

    On this day, when I arrived, mom and pup slept snuggled next to the plastic fencing we installed to protect them from curious dogs.

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  • Sunrise Seal: 15 Days Old

    Destination: Kauai

    I snapped this belly shot with hopes of identifying the sex of our new pup.  We cross our fingers for females–not because we don’t like males–

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  • Sunrise Seal: 13 Days Old

    Destination: Kauai

    Sometimes when I arrive at sunrise, the seals are already in the water swimming and foraging.  Other days, they’re still sacked out on the beach, preferably near a tree or naupaka bushes–maybe even the pliable, plastic fencing we erect as a barrier to keep loose dogs away.  I wondered whether the seals would rise with the sun, but, apparently, that isn’t always the case.

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  • Sunrise Seal: 11 Days Old

    Destination: Kauai

    Mom doesn’t like visitors who get too close.  This is how she responds when a male encroaches.  This is also how she’d respond to us, if we ventured near.

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