I
got in five snorkels this month which is really good considering April still has
winter waves that create no-snorkel zones. With friend Marion, we couldn't resist going in the water at this shallow reef area we hiked down to – it was
so silly to be in water a few inches deep but I was at least rewarded with a
yellow margin eel.
Yellow margin eel
On the way back we stopped in to see how much this albatross chick has grown – feathers are getting full under the down.
This is the same little guy that had his wings out in a previous post.
The
same day we played around at Lumahai beach while the guys went paddling
Lumahai - always misty here
Not a monk seal, this is Marion at her favorite beach
Three canoes upper left, Gil and the Namo guys at practice off Lumahai
I went snorkeling with Steve Cole and Jane Dulaney that run Malama Ke
Kai and I will also be doing reef surveys for their eco-tours this summer. What a hoot, the group they took out were
mostly Canadians that had never snorkeled before. We were in 4 foot surf and they were
game! I’m not used to watching humans in
the water – I took photos using the MKK camera and my mask camera was acting up
– none to share.
Of
all the exciting things going on in the water, however, the best was seeing a
rather large Blue Goatfish impersonating two medium sized Jacks, or Bluefin
Trevally – all about 18-20”. They were
exhibiting mutualism – that is travelling together for mutual benefit. Just another quirky habit fish have. It required a double-take and then a
triple-take to identify the impersonator – I’d never seen one that large, in
fact the jacks I see in there are usually 8-10" juveniles.
Please
see Susan Scott’s 4/2 Ocean Watch article and then follow up with her 4/16
article. This is why we love her – not
afraid to keep learning. (susanscott.net/ocean
watch). I hadn’t read her articles until
after I submitted my survey to Reef.org – doubly excited to be on the same page
or in the same ocean with someone I so very much admire.
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