Report from Ka'ena Point

The KP Cast, 8-3-08
Both Karen Harris and Joanne Tabor made the KP trek today. Both are worth MANY times their weights in Manapua. They documented Benny, Ka'ena and Pooh at KP today. Thank You...............................very much !! Aloha, DB

DB Post Saturday June 14th

Kerby,Kermit,RIP,Buster&Sadie@RI, Irma@KBP,Rocky@DH&Pooh(RO38)@CIP, 6-14-08
The Rabbit Island was pretty routine except for the surprise visit from Kermit, an adult male. He is a regular out this way, but has been staying mostly in the SW quadrant for quite a while now. I suspected I might see him when the White Plains guys and the Billands weren't seeing him over on that side, and with Irma over here, I thought he might be looking for her. Lo and behold there he was with Buster and RIP on RI. Kermit and Buster were on LPB all day, and RIP was trying to be, but he and Kermit had a definite problem. Kermit was in hyper-aggressive mode, and was intent on denying RIP access to his "boy toy" Buster. Each time (it was a 12 round battle), that RIP attempted to haul out it brought a bellowing charge by Kermit, with lots of full body contact. RIP lost every round, but never backed off and kept on trying. Finally, he gave up in the afternoon and hauled out for a snooze at the right end of the island.

I found Irma this morning amongst the off shore rocks at Kaupo Beach Park (KBP), the "beach park" across from the back entrance to Sea Life Park. She remained off shore out on some rocks until the tide drove her off at around 0945. I did not see her again today.

The Billands found Pooh (RO38) at two separate locations at Campbell Industrial Park (CIP) today.

Tracy called at around noon with the report of an animal at Diamond Head, and I started to responded, but fortunately, contacted Rachel, at Colleen Heyer's house, and she went down and put up signs, and confirmed that it was Rocky. Aloha, DB

DB Post Sunday June 1st

Ewa Girl&Kerby & Benny@RI, Rocky@ DH, Sadie@LL, Pooh@KP, 6-1-08
The day began with a visit to Rocky at Diamond Head. The girl is goin' nuts. Yesterday she was 5% molted . Today a conservative 20%. She got in the water at 1403, per Colleen.

The RI cast was Ewa Girl & Kerby, I'll spare you the prattling on about how HUGE he is, and Benny was there again today.

I'd gotten a call from a surfer posse member about a "baby" animal swimming by at Sandy Beach, on it's way to Blowhole, and at 1524 posse member Lesley reported a small red tagged animal at LL. I stopped by around 1700, I saw that, as I suspected , it was Sadie.

Posse member Mary Frances called late in the day to report that she'd seen Pooh (RO38) at Ka'ena Point today.

The Billands came through late in the day, with shots of R5AY and pup from today. Aloha, DB

Billands Pics of "Pooh" R038 5/24/08

Pooh (RO38), Germaine's Shots
The Billand's Pooh (RO38) shots from Germaine's Luau Grounds, Campbell Industrial Park, arrived seconds after I sent off the dailies. Here are a few of the shots of our little, Molokai girl. Aloha DB