DB Post Wednesday May 28th

Ewa Girl&Pup(D#38)& RB08@ RI , Irma@ Kalaeloa, Rocky@DH & Right Spot@ Turtle Bay Hotel
Lots of miles today, but not much action. Ewa Girl & pup, and RB08 were the Rabbit Island cast today. The kid looks like "Hippo Boy". He is solid and fat, and has his new coat on. The belly has whitened up and his "maleness" is now clearly visible. I've been lax in passing on this little factoid, but several days ago , when I saw the male belly, I decided that his name shall be Kerby. As Ramses II once said (Ten Commandments) ... "So let it be written...So let it be done" ! I decided on Kerby out of respect for Terri & Terry Kerby, two people who show just how good the human animal is capable of being. Terry is the Chief Pilot of the HURL (Hawaii Undersea Research Lab) , the UH sub operation at Makai Research Pier, and Monk Seals could not ask for better friends.

I saw two swim sessions and two feeds today.

Also at RI, the little 1 y.o. female , RB08 was tucked into the base of the cliff in the morning but was down on the incline in the afteroon. She is looking reallly green, and her first year molt can't be too far off in her future.

Ace posse member Colleen Heyer called at 0741 to report that Rocky had overnighted at Diamond Head.

Brenda advised around 0800, that what would would prove to be Right Spot, a pregnant female, was at the Turtle Bay Hotel. She is due in July, and in recent years has gone to Kalaupapa to give birth. Hopefully, she'll do the same this year.

I did a SW quadrant check today, covering the beaches from White Plains to Campbell Industrial Park. Irma was my only find. She was fat and happy , and semi isolated on the beach at Kalaeloa Campgrounds, approximately 150 yds west of the White Plains perimeter fence. Aloha, DB