1-31-11 DB Dailies

On my 2nd look at Rabbit Island, from the Makapuu Overview, at 0942 I could see Duke, with his big ol' beautiful N18 bleach shining brightly, on the water front rocks, 40 ft left of Seal Rock Inlet. The ID was instantaneous. M38 on the other proved to be a major pain in the okolele. He hauled out to the far left end of the beach at 1123. He assumed a position with his belly facing me, and then did not change position until finally at 1507 he rolled over an allowed me to see his posterior dorsal abscess, and then his left side natural bleach. I was "whisperering" ESP vibes to him all day, trying to get him to move, hoping that it would prove to be Buster, but alas, it turned out to be M38. Buster, wherever he was, was probably having these uncontrollable urges to constantly roll over all day ."Whispering" is not an exact science.

Surfer posse member Dave Martin called at 0703 reporting an animal just east of the shower , at Diamond Head. Of course, I immediately called Colleen. As usual she came through like the awesome posse person that she is, with the Irma ID.

Team Billand (speaking of awesome posse people) called at 1010 with the report of Kermit at Wind Sock.

They called again to report M&M at Palm Grove, Campbell Industrial Park. She is an untagged animal, but her Perm. ID is R-zero-2-zero (R020). Her N23 left side bleach was clearly visible. She was last seen, at Ka'ena Pt on 12-30-10, and hasn't been seen at CIP since 8-17-09 (by the Billands of course). She is definitely a "Phat Chick", It will be interesting to see what developes this year. She seems to have taken 2010 off, but did give birth on 6-25-09 at Rabbit Island. Her daughter, Mikala was found, murdered by gill net, at Bellows on 4-13-10.

Irma @ Diamond Head