DB Post Saturday 10/17/2009

Happy Seal Count Day !! It was a 6 critter day here in Zone 12. Hopefully, you were all equally as lucky.

The Rabbit Island cast began with Mojo (D#5 molt 25%) 40 ft left of 1BS at the left end of the beach, and RIP and Sadie at the right end, fronting 3BS. A bit later , Mikala would haul out at 1BS, Mojo would galumph over to join her. At some point RIP entered the water and hauled out at 1BS, incurring the wrath of Mojo. They had a spat, and RIP moved off, returning to his right end location. In the aftermath of the spat, Mojo and Mikala entered the water together. A short time later Mikala hauled out by herself at the far left end of the beach, while Mojo hauled out to the right end, near RIP. They had no further problems since there were no chicks involved.

At 0938 I got a call from one of the zillions of people I've given a card to. He reported an animal just hauling out at the east end of Sandy Beach. When I arrived at 0942 I found that it was Benny. I got him cordoned off, and did some PR, and then returned to Makai Pier.

At around 1245 Donna Festa happened to call and since she was in the neighborhood I asked her to drive through Sandy Beach and check on Benny. She called back at around 1300 to say that he had moved and she had redone the cordon. Since my wife, Marilyn was just departing the pier I asked her to check Sandy Beach . She called back to say that the animal was not Benny, but was, in fact, Right Spot. Apparently, somewhere between 1100 (when my wife saw him) and 1245, Benny had departed, and around 1230 per lifeguards, Right Spot had hauled out at the Half Point rocks, 50 yds west of Benny's morning location. I rechecked at 1500 and confirmed that it was Right Spot.

As a fitting end to this part of the story, at 1349, Benny hauled out fronting 1BS on RI , and proceeded to galumph to Mikala. They were still there when I departed MP for SB at 1445.

Team Billand called at 0835 to report 2AW at Tracks, and then again at 0906 with the report of Irma at White Plains. Lastly , came a call at 1041 to report Kermit between the bunkers on the right side of the Nimitz Beach jetty.