The Rabbit Island was pretty routine except for the surprise visit from Kermit, an adult male. He is a regular out this way, but has been staying mostly in the SW quadrant for quite a while now. I suspected I might see him when the White Plains guys and the Billands weren't seeing him over on that side, and with Irma over here, I thought he might be looking for her. Lo and behold there he was with Buster and RIP on RI. Kermit and Buster were on LPB all day, and RIP was trying to be, but he and Kermit had a definite problem. Kermit was in hyper-aggressive mode, and was intent on denying RIP access to his "boy toy" Buster. Each time (it was a 12 round battle), that RIP attempted to haul out it brought a bellowing charge by Kermit, with lots of full body contact. RIP lost every round, but never backed off and kept on trying. Finally, he gave up in the afternoon and hauled out for a snooze at the right end of the island.
I found Irma this morning amongst the off shore rocks at Kaupo Beach Park (KBP), the "beach park" across from the back entrance to Sea Life Park. She remained off shore out on some rocks until the tide drove her off at around 0945. I did not see her again today.
The Billands found Pooh (RO38) at two separate locations at Campbell Industrial Park (CIP) today.
Tracy called at around noon with the report of an animal at Diamond Head, and I started to responded, but fortunately, contacted Rachel, at Colleen Heyer's house, and she went down and put up signs, and confirmed that it was Rocky. Aloha, DB
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