7-23-10 pup progress

UPDATE: This pup was named - Ua'Malie








Here fatso pup is being about as difficult as he can be to his mother. Honeygirl has her hands full with this one. So far we know that pup has his own mind and is not very obedient. Honeygirl barks her commands often at him (I think it's a him).







There were a few divers that entered in from the oceanside by mistake that were quickly advised about the monk protective zone, then a few wooden floaters drifted onto the scene. They were quickly removed and the evening continued. We'll see what kind of distractions happen tomorrow.





If you look real close just to the left and a little in front of the rock, you can see the two orange wooden floaters. As it turned out, there was a small hook attached to the line. Swimming in front of the rock were a small school of Oama. Looks like Honeygirl gets a treat as soon as she decides to eat.

7-19-10 worry 7-20-10 no worry

On Monday there was worry and concern about HoneyGirls pup. There was clearly a hook feather in the left corner upper lip. Problem is, every picture I took had such a strong glare in the back ground, you couldn't see it clearly. It only looked like a bunch of sand on his lip. Good news today as reported by todays crew. Here's what was posted by Dera:

If I've forgotten anyone, please don't hold it against me. I'm just so happy this little pup is fine today compared to yesterday. Monday was not a good day in the seal world at Turtle Bay.









Everyone went beyond the call of duty to try to determine the status of this hooked baby. As we should be proud that this kid was able to nurse, swim, and eventually free himself. It was such a relief to go to the site this morning and not see what I looked at all day yesterday. Thank you to all the great seal Gods out there and the great volunteers that pushed themselves to protect this critter. You should all give yourselves a big pat on the back. Dera's photos are greatest ones I've seen of this kid, NO HOOK. Thank you Dera.

5AY gives birth 6-29-10

HoneyGirl gives birth at about 6am this morning She was discovered by a tourist on his second day here in the islands. He decided to take a spin down the beach. She was found on the beach in the Kuilima area. I cannot divulge the exact location so as to minimize the traffic. But here are pups pictures after being on this earth about 3 hours.







This is her birth spot. She later moved down to the waters edge with pup close behind.







Pup got caught between a rock and a soft place









Pup and HoneyGirl from a distance.

Right Spot 6-27-10

Right spot surfaces this time at Back Yards between Velzy land and Sunset beach. Took my camera and went to take a picture and forgot my camera chip grrrrrrrr. But she was there.

Right Spot 6-25-10

right Spot at Rocky Point. Sorry folks this is the only picture I got. It was sent in by Dera L.

5-16-10 update

Aloha HMSRTO Volunteers,
I do not mean to inundate you with emails, but did want you to know that KC has been spotted in the Waialua area. She is looking "very ready" and of course we are unsure where she might decide to haul out and birth her pup.

Just giving everyone a heads up on the possibility of KC's imminent delivery and a possible North Shore/Mokuleia spot.

As you all know scheduling these events is one of the most important aspects of making sure Mom & Pup have protection and monitoring.

I will be sending out a calendar with schedule times as soon as we have an update. I look forward to working with everyone. It has been a while since we had such a great opportunity to work with our HMS and a pupping event, so do hope you will be available and ready to hit the beach.

Dana J.

We also had a spotting of a monk at Waimea Bay this morning. But by the time I got the call, she already had left. She was reported at Waimea at about 8-9am. By 10:15 she had already gone.

I-37 at Sharks Cove 5-03-10

She came back to rest up again. I got a real good look at the gash on her tail which appeared to be healing up just fine, but couldn't do a close up/zoom photo because of technical difficulties. grrrrrrrrr. This was taken from my I-phone

I could see no infections, it looked like somebody took a scapal and with a straight edge cut only the skin and peeled it back a bit. My guess, she doesn't feel a thing.