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Thursday, August 4, 2011

8-4-11 DB Dailies

On my first look at Rabbit Island dat 0642 I found what would prove to be Duke (RA12) and Kolohe (RW22) together, up in the Morning Glory, 40 ft left of Seal Rock Inlet , at the right end of the beach. They would move down to cool off at 0913, allowing the IDs.

At 0947 Nani (RK60) hauled out to join the boys . Surprisingly, there was only low level interaction. They all moved back up to the Morning Glory together, and snoozed for a bit. At 1000 all three (with Nani in the lead) moved back down to the water line to cool off. There were a couple more light weight interactions, but mostly it was just snooze and stay cool. All 3 began moving up in the late afternoon with the rising tide.

Team Billand called at 0849 with the report of Benny (RE74) fronting #1777, Nimitz Cottages. He remained all day. At 0950 they reported Max (R5EW) at Kermit's Reef, on the west side of the Nimitz Jetty. They had watched him doing 4-5 minute foraging dives prior to hauling out. He too remained the rest of the day.

Rachel called from Diamond Head at 0950 to advise that Rocky (RH58) had once again overnighted. Her D#5 molt appears to be a conservative 40%. Her excellent shots also show that Rocky's natural bleach on her left fore flipper is once again visible.

Dana called from the Reef Runway at 1015 to advise that both Ewa Girl (RS00) and Kekoa were there on the beach, 25 ft apart. During her 2 hr visit there was no observed interaction. Kekoa did enter the water and swim in the near shore waters fronting Ewa Girl, but she showed no awareness at all. I'm sure Dana will have a first person report this evening so check the blog in the morning for her shots.

Dana was going to TB in the afternoon, for an R5AY&P shift,so stay tuned for those shots also. She also advised of another reported animal at Turtle Bay at 1252. Awaiting further word.

Karen Turner sent a YouTube link to video she shot on 7-29-11 with R5AY&P.

Nani, Duke and Kolohe