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Hawai'i Island
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Offshore sightings (2)
"Pelagic" was sighted by the Cascadia Research Collective during their offshore marine mammal research transects in 2011.
"Cascadia" was sighted by the Cascadia Research Collective during their offshore marine mammal research transects in 2015.
Hawai'i Island Juveniles (first 5 of 14)
"Heloise" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Doug Sells from 2003-2005.
"Scaley" is a juvenile hawksbill that has been photographed in 2003, 2011, and 2013-2015 by Tom Clarke, Sandy Sheets, Mark Oronzio, John O'Leary, Marc Rice, and Shawn Caley.
"Slim" is a juvenile hawksbill that has only been reported once, by Bill Stohler in 2007. Its right front flipper was likely self-amputated by getting entangled in some sort of fishing line or net...
"Blue" is a juvenile hawksbill that photographed by B.Sullivan in 2009.
"Betty" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Barry Flackler in 2009.
Hawai'i Island Juveniles (second 5 of 14)
"Babette" is a juvenile hawksbill that has only been reported once, by Barry Barbett in 2010.
" 'Ilio" ("dog" in Hawaiian) is a juvenile hawksbill that has been photographed by Steve Dunleavy and Jeff Milisen in 2013 and 2015.
"Sinker" is a juvenile hawksbill that was filmed by Jonathan Davis in 2014.
"Kibler" is a juvenile hawksbill that has been photographed by Jennifer Travis in 2014.
"Mili" is a juvenile hawksbill that has been photographed by Jeff Milisen in 2016.
Juveniles (11-13 of 14)
"Kissy" was sighted by @KaikeaAinokea in 2014.
"DAR-LA" was sighted by Megan Lamson and the Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources (DLNR-DAR) in 2018.
"Pueomahina" was sighted by Jill Quaintance in 2018.
Deceased (1 Juvenile)
These photos may be difficult to look at... This individual was dead when it was found by DLNR-DAR Kona in 2016.
Hawai'i Island Subadult (1) and Adults (4 of 5)
"Warped" appears to be a subadult (the carapace injury is not recent, but makes it difficult to discern size) that has been photographed by Doug Perrine and Jeff Milisen in 2006 and 2011.
"Petunio" is an adult male hawksbill that has only been reported once, by Mark Oronzio in 2013.
Stevie is an adult male that was photographed by Steve Dunleavy in 2014.
"Free" appears to be an adult female in this 2015 video by Kona Free Divers.
"MaleMan" is an adult male hawksbill that was photographed by Will Whelan and Drenched Productions in 2016.
Adults (5 of 5)
"DV+1" was spotted by Deron Verbeck in 2017. It was with a larger male (on the left in the photo) that can't quite be identified due to the lack of visible scales.
