DB Post Wednesday April 23rd

A Rabbit Island Day
Rabbit Island was once again the only action in my life. The cast included, RIP, Mojo, R301, M38 and RB08.

The real star of course were Ewa Girl and her pup. They began the day , once again, near the water line, 50 ft left of 2BS. I observed 4 separate feeding episodes throught the day. With her previous two kids, D#4 was the beginning of water training, and today was no exception. The area she used was a bit protected by still subject to shore break and tidal change. The did 4 separate sessions. Each happened in relatively shallow water, which only allowed Ewa Girl to be half submerged but the kid ranged from galumphing in shallows to swimming in 1 ft. of water. It also got rolled up the beach many times by the shore break, but was having a ball and headed right back down into the water. Mom was communicating at all times. She also had the kid haul out ahead of her, and then would call it back to the water, In between workouts, there was lots of eating and snoozing. During the course of all those sessions, they managed to move to the right 30 ft, and then ended the day at Left Middle Cliff, which is approximately 70 ft right of the starting point this morning. She seems to be right on schedule in training. Aloha, DB