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- Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Aagayuu}i{
or Aagayuu{, sam uyugan aduu aza{. Hingamataku{ kamgikucha{
mataza{. Aagayuu}im huzuu qaxchikdaza{. Hiiyukaa iIa{taa adul
ama ichaaqidal agalungis iga}iisi{ liidaza{. Sam chla{taatungis
azas, chla{tal qakuchas mayaa{takus mal hagumazas. Agiichigaan
haang tanam angan uchiginangis uku}azas, higitina{ liidal chla}zas.
Hitxingis ila{tangis aduzas.
Aagayuu}is
agiichigaan hasinal haang quganam kugan akus uku}azas. Ala}um
kugaan iganaa{s aguun txin kayu}asana{ liidaza{.
Slum
aslaan hawakus iganas ama adus ilan saahmla}izas. Isxangis
qahngus ama qiigas ama agiichigaan kingdam ilagaan agu}izas.
Saahmlangis chid}im angalidigaa angali{tazas. Saahmlangis unalgal
aa}akus qangana{ liidaza}ulas hiila{tazas. Hagumatakus chiidangis
a}al agudix haka}iiguzaza}ulas, qach{idigana{ liidazas.
Aagayuu}is
udan agacha tana{tal sluzas. Hamahliim aslaa qalgakuu alakan
aguun kalu{tal qalgazaqas hiiIa{tazas. Wayaam haqaya}azalaka}is.
Pelagic
Cormorant - Phalacrocorax pelagicus
The
cormorant is a bird with a long neck. It also has a very small
head. It has a long narrow bill that looks like the edge of
a hand-saw.
Cormorants
like diving. They dive for fish, and that is why they dive
so much. Sometimes they can be seen diving near the shore.
When they dive, they look like they are leaping out of the
water and then down under it again. They have long tails.
Sometimes
the cormorants are seen resting on the rocks in great numbers.
When a cormorant is seen trying to take off from the water,
it really looks as though it is having a hard time.
During
the summers, the cormorants nest on the sides of the cliffs.
This is where they lay their eggs. The nests are made out of
seaweed and grass, and sometimes twigs and branches. The eggs
are light blue in color. When the eggs are cooked, they appear
not to be cooked at all, so I have been told. When the eggs
hatch, the babies do not have very much down. They really look
very skinny.
These
birds live here year round. Long ago when food was hard to
get, the cormorants were shot for food. Today, however, they
are not eaten.
At{am Sangis 
