Uxchu{ - Lunda cirrhata

Uxchu{, sam qagida{ liidaa aku{, uxchum ingyugan huzuu qaxchikdaza{, kamgii agalan qaxchikdaku{ sagima}ii quhmaza{ ama qamikix quhmal aduza{. Uxchum hiiyukaa qagidam hiiyuka{tanaa liida{ aza{, tumtatuku{ kanuuya{ angali{taza{, kitakix ila{taa kanuuyam u}a{taa liida{ angali{taza{.

Uxchu{ slum saa aku{, slum aslaan udang al saahmla}il aqadaguun saaqudikinga masxal aguun hadagaan angiqaam hadan huyaa}utaza{.

Uxchu{ qagida{ liidaku{ tan}im kugan asxuunulax iganas ilan huna{ agu{tal nagan saahmla}iza{. Hawan azaatakus uku}azakungis saahmla}il agungis ataqan uhlii saahmla{tazas. Sakucha{ aku{ igasikix aduza}ulax.

Kadim hadaan an}a}inas uxchum tanakix hnu{tal hunangis ilagaan igula{ maqa{tazanas a{tazakus. Uxchus lal aqadagudix uxil hakangis qigul, qakas aqadagudix ilagaan sax aguzaqangis a{takus, hawakux sax hiila{tana{ chu{taqa{ aku{ an}a}inam tukungis agatingis chu{tazaqangis hiila{tazaqas. Sisa{ aaka{ uxchu{ uxilgal aguun taaman ataqan sax ilaan agulgazaqa{ hiila{tazaqa{.

Uxchu{ sakucha{ aku{, hitmiitunaza}ula{, hakangis amnikus mal, hingamataku{ maalal taangam akinagan ilan a}al aqadaguun hitmilgal aguun agacha amniza}ula{. Taangam akinagan ilan a}al hitmilgaatulakan aguun qach{ii uxilgal aqadaguun, hingamatal unalgaza{. Hingamasxal aguun qach{i}iqadal qalgal aguun itxa{taza{.

Tufted Puffin - Lunta cirrhata

A tufted puffin is a bird similar to a horned puffin, but it is almost all black except for the face which is white. The eyebrows on a tufted puffin are long and white. The beak is of the same kind as the horned puffin, it is thick and redish orange in color. The feet are kind of faded orange in color.

A tufted puffin is a summer bird. It lays eggs here during the summer and returns again to where it came from during the fall.

The tufted puffin, like the horned puffin, nests in burrows which they have on cliffs or islands. Puffins lay only one egg a year. A tufted puffin is a small bird with short wings.

Long ago people went to where puffins were nesting and gathered them by hand in their holes and used the skins for making what the Aleuts called sax. A 'sax' is a parka made only by the more wealthy class Aleuts. It is said that it took approximately 100 skins to make one parka.

Tufted puffins are small birds but they are very difficult birds to pluck because the feathers are very tight. So the technique used to loosen the feathers is to dip them in hot boiling water and that makes it easier to pluck the birds. Then the other technique is to rip the skin off the puffin and it can be cooked that way.