On a pan at 1018 I found a newly arrived Kolohe, on the water front rocks at Seal Rock Inlet. He too remained all day.
From 1140 till 1310 I had 2 Bad Guys on Rabbit Island. They seemed to have hauled out on the seaward side of the island. I first became aware of them as the rounded the left end of the island. They explored up and into the grass area at 2BS, going as far as the rim of the cauldera 9between the rabbit's ears), and then returned to the beach and departed. They were never aware of the 2 animals at the right end of the beach. They were met at Kaupo Beach Park by a DOCARE officer.
Colleen called at 0900 with the report of Irma at Diamond Head, more or less were she was day before yesterday.
Dera called at 1115 with the report of an animal in Hauula. Dana called at 1209 to advise that it was KC.
Marilyn did the KP trek, and was stoked to find T15M, Kerby, Kiko and 2AW at the end of the world.
Bad Guys
and Where exactly are they going?
YEA!
Irma @ Diamond Head
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The Bad Guys were trudging up to the Rabbit's Head, but stopped at the rim of the cauldera (between the rabbit's ears). Both on the way up and again coming down they stepped into, and collapsed many Sooty Tern nest holes. Destroying the nest now is bad enough, but had this happened two weeks from now, every single step they took would have killed something. The Sootys have returned to the area but have not landed yet. Landing day for a few gazillion Sootys is usually the 1st of March. DB
Do wedge-tailed shearwaters nest out there too? Sooty terns nest on "ground level" above ground. If they were collapsing burrows, it would have had to be shearwater or petrel nests - still shouldn't be in use this time of year.
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