Fleet, Robert 1964 21 Turtles: 1 small hatchling 17 dead hatchlings 5 adults, tagged 3 1075 ♀ length 33 1/2 inches by width 30 inches 1076 ♂ 29 1/2 28 1077 ♀ 32 3/4 34 1/2 Seals: adult ♂ = 5 adult ♀ = 5 unclassified adult = 1 estimated over 100 turtle pits. Whale and Skate Island Population Survey estimate Blue-faced Booby immature 39 local 2 (130-150) adult 16 Golden Plover = 3 Red-footed Booby immature = 4 (20) adult 2 Gray-backed Tern = 1 immature Red-tailed Tropicbird = 1 immature Sooty Tern = 3 adults Ruddy Turnstone = 145 Common Noddy = 400 total; 20 on eggs, 11 small nestlings Wedge-tailed Shearwater = maximum of 100 chicks, downy (350) Frigates immature 149; local 22; adult 1; (700) nesting in cneopodium. seen in air between Trig and Whale and Skate. immature = 9 adult = 2 unknown = 4 Turtles: Five dead hatchlings; estimate of 125 pits. Seals: Adult ♂ 8; adult ♀ 3; subadult ♂ 1; subadult ♀ 2; unclassified adult 6; unclassified subadult 3; unclassified pup 1 (total 24) Saw two small skates in shallow water off island. Band Recapture: Blue-faced Booby adult ♂ 558-82780 (Whale and Skate Island, 9/27) East Island Population Survey estimate Red-footed Booby immature 1; local 1; adult 1 (10) Frigatebird = 3 roosting (mid day) Red-tailed Tropicbird = 1 immature Common Noddy = total 300; mostly locals, counted 25 - 30 eggs. Wedge-tailed Shearwater = 100 nestlings Sooty Tern = 3 (2 immature chicks with broken wings) Golden Plover = 47 Ruddy Turnstone = 130 Wedge-tailed Tropicbird = 1