Jason O’Rourke
@jasonophoto.com
Landscape and Wildlife Photographer… Can NFTs help save the Hawaiian monk seal? The Rescue edition: https://app.manifold.xyz/c/the-rescue
Hard to believe this photo is six years old already, with one of our legendary Hawaiian monk seal mothers, Honey Girl.
Here she is with her last pup in 2019, Makoa. Unfortunately, we lost him as a weaner and we lost Honey Girl the next year during the pandemic.
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Here she is with her last pup in 2019, Makoa. Unfortunately, we lost him as a weaner and we lost Honey Girl the next year during the pandemic.
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June 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Hard to believe this photo is six years old already, with one of our legendary Hawaiian monk seal mothers, Honey Girl.
Here she is with her last pup in 2019, Makoa. Unfortunately, we lost him as a weaner and we lost Honey Girl the next year during the pandemic.
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Here she is with her last pup in 2019, Makoa. Unfortunately, we lost him as a weaner and we lost Honey Girl the next year during the pandemic.
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It’s been a little muggy and rainy the last week here on Oahu, so sharing a rainbow for Aloha Friday in hopes of better weather over the next week!
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June 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It’s been a little muggy and rainy the last week here on Oahu, so sharing a rainbow for Aloha Friday in hopes of better weather over the next week!
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Another benefit of being home, I had the opportunity to make the rounds with one of our local @HIMarineAnimal volunteers and observe 21 of our Laysan albatross chicks, including this one sitting out in an open field.
Their plumage is starting to shift to the adult feathers.
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Their plumage is starting to shift to the adult feathers.
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June 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Another benefit of being home, I had the opportunity to make the rounds with one of our local @HIMarineAnimal volunteers and observe 21 of our Laysan albatross chicks, including this one sitting out in an open field.
Their plumage is starting to shift to the adult feathers.
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Their plumage is starting to shift to the adult feathers.
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Pulling one out from the archives for Sunset Sunday… a beautiful sunset from Mokule’ia on Oahu’s
North Shore!
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North Shore!
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June 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Pulling one out from the archives for Sunset Sunday… a beautiful sunset from Mokule’ia on Oahu’s
North Shore!
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North Shore!
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On a hike out at the end of the day, long after the monk seal count had finished, I found RL42 where I had seen her at 8 am that morning, snoozing away in a tide pool.
In more recent years, I've been able to watch RL42 with her own pups... hopefully, I'll get that chance this summer too!
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In more recent years, I've been able to watch RL42 with her own pups... hopefully, I'll get that chance this summer too!
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May 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
On a hike out at the end of the day, long after the monk seal count had finished, I found RL42 where I had seen her at 8 am that morning, snoozing away in a tide pool.
In more recent years, I've been able to watch RL42 with her own pups... hopefully, I'll get that chance this summer too!
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In more recent years, I've been able to watch RL42 with her own pups... hopefully, I'll get that chance this summer too!
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Another beautiful day in NYC and a good excuse to take the camera out to Central Park. This double-crested cormorant was fishing just off the view point where I stopped, which gave me a good chance for a quick portrait.
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April 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Another beautiful day in NYC and a good excuse to take the camera out to Central Park. This double-crested cormorant was fishing just off the view point where I stopped, which gave me a good chance for a quick portrait.
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This Honu paused on the way back into the ocean to take a last look in my direction.
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March 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This Honu paused on the way back into the ocean to take a last look in my direction.
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I heard rumors of a Hawaiian monk seal on the Big Island that weighed 1000 pounds. Most monk seals are between 450-600 pounds. 1000 pounds?
I had to see this for myself, & as luck would have it, while I was exploring a beach on the Kona side in 2021, Waimanu hauled out for an afternoon snooze.
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I had to see this for myself, & as luck would have it, while I was exploring a beach on the Kona side in 2021, Waimanu hauled out for an afternoon snooze.
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January 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I heard rumors of a Hawaiian monk seal on the Big Island that weighed 1000 pounds. Most monk seals are between 450-600 pounds. 1000 pounds?
I had to see this for myself, & as luck would have it, while I was exploring a beach on the Kona side in 2021, Waimanu hauled out for an afternoon snooze.
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I had to see this for myself, & as luck would have it, while I was exploring a beach on the Kona side in 2021, Waimanu hauled out for an afternoon snooze.
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Any time I visit the Big Island, I always make a stop in at Punalu'u Black Sand Beach to check out the Honu there... on the way to the eruption, we pulled into Punalu'u and that allowed me to capture these three Honu basking on the black sand.
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January 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Any time I visit the Big Island, I always make a stop in at Punalu'u Black Sand Beach to check out the Honu there... on the way to the eruption, we pulled into Punalu'u and that allowed me to capture these three Honu basking on the black sand.
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Another great spot to watch the power a winter swell brings to the North Shore is Shark’s Cove… the waves hit the back of the reef with explosive results!
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January 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Another great spot to watch the power a winter swell brings to the North Shore is Shark’s Cove… the waves hit the back of the reef with explosive results!
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December 25, 2024 at 5:40 PM
A Honu coming ashore on a remote beach on Oahu's North Shore.
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November 26, 2024 at 8:53 PM
A Honu coming ashore on a remote beach on Oahu's North Shore.
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Before and after his very first molt with Holokai (#MonkSealRG40)... you've seen the "before" as my annual Halloween green goblin photo, but I love the side by side of these two images, taken just a few weeks apart, where the "after" is his fresh coat.
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November 25, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Before and after his very first molt with Holokai (#MonkSealRG40)... you've seen the "before" as my annual Halloween green goblin photo, but I love the side by side of these two images, taken just a few weeks apart, where the "after" is his fresh coat.
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A remote and rocky beach in the Kipahulu area of Hana, Maui.
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October 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM
A remote and rocky beach in the Kipahulu area of Hana, Maui.
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A singing Honu at Ho’okipa Beach on Maui on Turtle Tuesday.
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October 8, 2024 at 2:59 PM
A singing Honu at Ho’okipa Beach on Maui on Turtle Tuesday.
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #26,178.
Wow… very cool to see the growth here!
Wow… very cool to see the growth here!
September 30, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #26,178.
Wow… very cool to see the growth here!
Wow… very cool to see the growth here!
A dinosaur spotted in White Sands National Park, the Callisaurus… also known as a Western Zebra-tailed Lizard.
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September 26, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A dinosaur spotted in White Sands National Park, the Callisaurus… also known as a Western Zebra-tailed Lizard.
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A super rare photo from the archives... does this Honu look like she's enjoying a bath, or trying to get me to help her get out of this little hole on the reef?
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September 17, 2024 at 4:59 PM
A super rare photo from the archives... does this Honu look like she's enjoying a bath, or trying to get me to help her get out of this little hole on the reef?
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Before my wife and I got married here in 2014 (ten years ago today), we made multiple planning trips and considered where to hold the ceremony. Shipwreck Beach was just as beautiful when we visited as it was on the day of our wedding.
July 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Before my wife and I got married here in 2014 (ten years ago today), we made multiple planning trips and considered where to hold the ceremony. Shipwreck Beach was just as beautiful when we visited as it was on the day of our wedding.
Luana and her pup got separated and she was began vocalizing to get him to come back up the beach to where she was. While she looks a little wild eyed, she actually could see right where he was and like any mother does, was telling him to come back to her.
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June 4, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Luana and her pup got separated and she was began vocalizing to get him to come back up the beach to where she was. While she looks a little wild eyed, she actually could see right where he was and like any mother does, was telling him to come back to her.
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Happy #EarthDay!
Here's a shot of one of Oahu's most famous Hawaiian monk seals, Honey Girl, snoozing to the sound of the crashing waves, without a footprint in the sand around her.
Hoping we can continue to coexist with these amazing animals, and save the species from extinction.
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Here's a shot of one of Oahu's most famous Hawaiian monk seals, Honey Girl, snoozing to the sound of the crashing waves, without a footprint in the sand around her.
Hoping we can continue to coexist with these amazing animals, and save the species from extinction.
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April 23, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Happy #EarthDay!
Here's a shot of one of Oahu's most famous Hawaiian monk seals, Honey Girl, snoozing to the sound of the crashing waves, without a footprint in the sand around her.
Hoping we can continue to coexist with these amazing animals, and save the species from extinction.
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Here's a shot of one of Oahu's most famous Hawaiian monk seals, Honey Girl, snoozing to the sound of the crashing waves, without a footprint in the sand around her.
Hoping we can continue to coexist with these amazing animals, and save the species from extinction.
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I feel a little sluggish today after an 19-hour day yesterday, including a brutal 10- or 11-hour drive back to NYC with half the city on the roads with us, but…
… it was worth it.
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… it was worth it.
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April 9, 2024 at 10:01 PM
I feel a little sluggish today after an 19-hour day yesterday, including a brutal 10- or 11-hour drive back to NYC with half the city on the roads with us, but…
… it was worth it.
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… it was worth it.
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Hearing about baby monk seals born early in the season in Hawaii (pups can be born any time of year, but typically between May and September) reminds me of when my wife and I got to show her parents this March baby on the Big Island.
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March 26, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Hearing about baby monk seals born early in the season in Hawaii (pups can be born any time of year, but typically between May and September) reminds me of when my wife and I got to show her parents this March baby on the Big Island.
#MonkSealMonday 📸📷🦭🦊
#MonkSealMonday 📸📷🦭🦊
Just before the lockdown in 2020, my wife & I took a hike on Oahu’s
North Shore, this little one - RL74, a weaner from Molokai who wasn’t quite a year old.
She woke up from an afternoon snooze to spot me and my big lens across the tide pool... what do you think of her expression?
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North Shore, this little one - RL74, a weaner from Molokai who wasn’t quite a year old.
She woke up from an afternoon snooze to spot me and my big lens across the tide pool... what do you think of her expression?
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March 19, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Just before the lockdown in 2020, my wife & I took a hike on Oahu’s
North Shore, this little one - RL74, a weaner from Molokai who wasn’t quite a year old.
She woke up from an afternoon snooze to spot me and my big lens across the tide pool... what do you think of her expression?
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North Shore, this little one - RL74, a weaner from Molokai who wasn’t quite a year old.
She woke up from an afternoon snooze to spot me and my big lens across the tide pool... what do you think of her expression?
📷📸🦭🦊
While Hawaiian monk seals are often thought of as solitary animals, they do occasionally appear in groups, usually all males, like this one out on Oahu's west side.
This is the most Hawaiian monk seals I've ever seen gathered together on one beach.
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This is the most Hawaiian monk seals I've ever seen gathered together on one beach.
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March 12, 2024 at 3:26 AM
While Hawaiian monk seals are often thought of as solitary animals, they do occasionally appear in groups, usually all males, like this one out on Oahu's west side.
This is the most Hawaiian monk seals I've ever seen gathered together on one beach.
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This is the most Hawaiian monk seals I've ever seen gathered together on one beach.
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