DB Post Sunday 5/24/09

On my first look at Rabbit Island at 0705 I found Ewa Girl and her 17 day old pup, just moving down to the water at the left end of the island. This would be the first of 4 swim sessions for today. I also observed 3 feeds in between the swims.

At 1029, on a pan I found what would prove to be M38, just hauling out to the water front rocks at 3BS, at the right end of the beach. He stayed only briefly, returning to water and in his best "cruiser male" mode went back and forth from end to end stopping briefly to check for chicks. On his second pass of the beach front he made the mistake of hauling out to Ewa Girl and the pup. Ewa Girl immediately changed his mind about that. I did not see him again after that. Aloha, DB