This week was another usual week. We found a lot of little turtle hatchlings wandering around the island and had to release them on the beach. We checked and counted some eggs and chicks. We cleaned the barracks on Thursday, like every Thursday (not quite as fun as the other things). And we topped it off with a nice Sunday snorkel today. You get a really short narrative today, but a good number of pics.
6 turtle hatchlings are patiently waiting in the bucket for sunset so they can get on with their lives.
This was a nice turtle release party in the rain. We had somewhere around 45 of them to let go this time.
Here's a row of masked boobies on the log on East Island.
A turtle caused some problems with these Bulwer's petrel nest boxes. The turtle buried the entrances. These 3 chicks were still alive, so it couldn't have been too long. We uncovered the entrances and I hope the parents come back to check on them.
There used to be two sand islands right near here, Whale and Skate Islands, which merged into one big island called Whale-Skate Island and then it washed away, never to be seen again. This area is surrounded by shallow reef in every direction so it's almost always calm. We call this snorkeling spot Serendipity. Pretty nice, huh?
We still have to pick up trash there though. Here's Sarah pulling out a rope with buoys that was stuck on some coral.
All of these pictures were from there today. This monk seal was probably wondering what we were doing in its spot.
It swam around us for a couple of minutes before it decided to move on. The fish are called Nenue in Hawaiian (chubs).
The yellow tangs always add some nice color to the pictures.
The bluefin trevallies follow us around pretty much every time we go snorkeling anywhere. They are waiting to see if we're going to scare out some dinner for them.
Just another jack.
I've been having trouble getting a picture of a sailfin tang. This one isn't too bad (and of course the yellow tang for some more color).
This is a pretty representative shot of how the coral looks over there.
6 turtle hatchlings are patiently waiting in the bucket for sunset so they can get on with their lives.
This was a nice turtle release party in the rain. We had somewhere around 45 of them to let go this time.
Here's a row of masked boobies on the log on East Island.
A turtle caused some problems with these Bulwer's petrel nest boxes. The turtle buried the entrances. These 3 chicks were still alive, so it couldn't have been too long. We uncovered the entrances and I hope the parents come back to check on them.
There used to be two sand islands right near here, Whale and Skate Islands, which merged into one big island called Whale-Skate Island and then it washed away, never to be seen again. This area is surrounded by shallow reef in every direction so it's almost always calm. We call this snorkeling spot Serendipity. Pretty nice, huh?
We still have to pick up trash there though. Here's Sarah pulling out a rope with buoys that was stuck on some coral.
All of these pictures were from there today. This monk seal was probably wondering what we were doing in its spot.
It swam around us for a couple of minutes before it decided to move on. The fish are called Nenue in Hawaiian (chubs).
The yellow tangs always add some nice color to the pictures.
The bluefin trevallies follow us around pretty much every time we go snorkeling anywhere. They are waiting to see if we're going to scare out some dinner for them.
Just another jack.
I've been having trouble getting a picture of a sailfin tang. This one isn't too bad (and of course the yellow tang for some more color).
This is a pretty representative shot of how the coral looks over there.
3 comments:
wow. Super interesting. Your posts are always such a treat--adding it to the list on my blog so others can enjoy this, too. =)
The "row of masked boobies" is fantastic along with the fish pix!
Buzz
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