5AY Honey Girl dropped by Laniakea 2-26-9

Guess? she's 3 months pregnant approximately? Any guesses on who she married? or was this a drive by incident? Hows about her weight? Any guesses? 450 lbs maybe? All wrong? close?

KITV & Hon. Advertiser: News Article 2-25-9

Updated at 7:24 p.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Too-friendly Hawaiian monk seal to be relocated

A Hawaiian monk seal with a propensity for swimming, playing and otherwise interacting with people on the Big Island — getting a lot of food handouts in the process — will be relocated to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, federal officials said.

The juvenile female seal known as R042 was relocated four times, and now is in a pen at Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay.

"Each time, she found her way back to populated areas where she could pursue interacting with humans," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service said in a release.

The seal, born in late spring of 2007, now is 300-plus pounds and the interaction with humans poses a possible threat to safety, NOAA said.

"Seals that depend on humans for food and safety lose their natural ability to forage and fend for themselves, making them dependent on humans to survive for the rest of their lives," the agency said.

NOAA said the relocation decision was not made lightly, given that it is removing a female "with reproductive potential from a rich and relatively stable environment" in the main Hawaiian islands.

Right Spot at Pipeline 2-25-9

While we were viewing Right Spot, KC was seen basking in the sun at Laniakea by the Guardian Honu crowd. As of now, no photos are available of her.



Signature Flipper


Again, we could not get Right Spot to roll over.

Kaena Point Monks on Sunday Feb 22

Right Spot Feb 20 between Laniakea and Papailoa

I couldn't get Right Spot to turn over, so I took a picture of her fins. Was I wrong? Here's a picture of Right Spots Fins




She's definately not pregnant. Should have named her skinny bones jones.

2-5-9 Yoda (R302) decides to take tennis lessons

Here's what we found when we got there! Yoda (R302) leaves the comfort of the Pacific Ocean and decides to take up tennis. He snuggles up to the court fence in a non-suspecting manner waiting for his tennis instructor to show up.




At first, Yoda did not want to leave












Instead a fearless Crew . . . NOAA's Dave Schofield and a local volunteer approach cautiously, with defense shields in hand. There was no tennis coach. Yoda was clearly disappointed.









We got Yoda off the Tennis court and back onto the grass. Things appeared to be going good, and then . . .





Yoda decides to change his mind













Then negotiations began





Three steps forward, and one step back













David says, speaking in fluent Monk . . . "Listen Yoda, we got things to do, you gonna have to speed things up here!"



I think David needs to brush up on his Monk! Instead of heading back to the ocean, Yoda rolls over!










He looks deep into Davids eyes (as if giving David Stink Eye) and then David stares back.



Then without an argument, Yoda turns and heads back to the ocean.


He did flip his fins at David one final time!













Yoda then turns to see if David was going to change his mind,













David pointed and said "Go". And off he went.

2-4-9 Right Spot surfaces at Rocky Point

Here's the signature white spot on Right Spot. She was first called in by Jeanie today at about 11:00 or so. Jeanie put up the signs and helped keep people back. Then we got the call to photo and log her in.



Here is a previously taken photo of Right Spots flippers.