Huber LW 1965 Journal backed sooties in the southern islands, there may have been one or two in the last two years but they are at the very most rare in the southern islands. Where they are common and and I also saw many on Midway and Wake (but much less than up here). Trig Island (here) must be a roosting island for turtles rather than a main laying island as it East ad Whale. Most of the turtles are either big males or small females (One day it was 100% " " " " ) But on Easter whole the majority is big females. Aug 29- Sept 2 FF Shale. I was sitting on the shore of Whale Island on Aug 30 (at night) when I heard some weird sounds. They sounded like a spring chorus of Bufos. They were so loud that the ground vibrated with their calls. The weird thing about the calls is that they came from underground. They seemed to be loudest between 10 ft from shore and 20 feet from the vegetation line. Many calls seemed far away and others seemed as if they were within 2 or 3 feet of me. I didn't hear them anywhere but on the leeward side of the TErm Island end of Whale Island.