10-8-11 DB Dailies and more

We were on the road at 0600. Marilyn went off to AD, and I did a quicky check from Blowhole to Makai Pier, finding nobody. When I arrived at AD at 0700 Marilyn had everything in hand and Kaiwi was in her nook, floating on her back, at the same start location as the last few day, 300 yds east of the AD wall. She began moving west , in the shallows approximately 200 ft to one of her favorite tide pools where she foraging and played until 0900. She then started moving east and at 0928 hauled out to her start location, to the water front rocks.

Marilyn also picked up a bag of party aftermath, 70 ft west of Kaiwi's location.

I departed the site at 0800, with Lynne and new girl Candace on the job. Lynne called at 0830 to advise that one of the morning walkers had stopped to tell her that N3 was hauled out at the estuary. Lynne confirmed the ID. When I got there at 0850 I also concurred that it was Irma (R010). She was hauled out to a small sandy area on the west side of the estuary. We cordoned her off. I've never seen any animal hauled out to that location before. Lynne advised that Irma left of her own volition at 1735.

At 1046 I got to Makai Pier for a look at Rabbit Island. Buster (RV08) was the one and only RI resident today. He would enter the water at 1058.

Team Billand checked in at 0850 to report Kermit (R4DG) at Kermit's Reef, on the west side of the Nimitz Jetty. He was run off by throw netters on the reef.

Marilyn did the Ka'ena Point trek today and found Noa (R6FI) and Kerby (RW08) on the "runway", and RIP (RR70) initially on the back beach, but moved a little closer to the front beach. 761 swam in to RIP's location, but a bark from RIP sent her on her way.

Dana called at 1426 to advise that Right Spot (R016) was at "the right spot", and La'akea (RK82 was approximately 1000 ft Kahuku side of her. Dana called again at 1605 to advise that Right Spot had departed of her own volition.

Ka Iwi early morning

Irma

Ka Iwi foraging

on the move

cigar or sea cucumber

Great shot of Kermit snoozing