And they're off!

So it may have been my day off, but that doesn't mean I don't do work! We have a limited window sometimes to do seal releases, that being within 14 days of the final blood draw we do, if we don't get that then, we have to go through the whole process of blood draw and another vet visit. Since it takes about 4 days to get all the results back in the blood results, our window gets smaller. We did a draw last Thursday; this means before next Thursday the release had to happen. With the weather doing a up and down here on the island, not so concerned about rain, but winds can cause us problems. Meaning that the release had to happen & and it had to happen quickly, so I sucked it up- took the sacrifice ad came in for the release. I don't have pictures of the whole center part of a release, but check this out for that. The link I provided is from a last years release, but you can get the idea.

So fast forward to Griffin Bay off of Turn Point/Pear Point road. Today we released 2 seals, Nukupu'u (who came in July) and Caracara (who came in at the very end of August). The initial capture of both was very interesting, as Nuku was a speed demon in the pool giving Jessica a good chase, and then Cara was very upset about the whole activity and took out her aggression by biting another one of the seals, don't worry, he is okay.

At site Kate manned Cara's crate and Jessica manned Nuku. You can see that Cara was determined to get the heck out of there.

Nuku was a little slower, I blame it on her extra blubber she had to "humpity hump" across the rocks, but maybe she will be the tortoise in the "tortoise & the hare".

This is Caracara half way out the bay! She was ready to go!

Tomorrow is another "non-working work day", off to help clean wood from the eagle flight cage!