Phalacrocorax fulicarius. 6 July. Alcade River Coal Mine, 15°25'W, 70°24'N, Alaska left. Where the chicks finally putted sleeping the [illegible] within 4 feet of me. It called the chicks in with a "weep! weep!" call, soft, the chicks coming rapidly from up to 3 feet away. They swim readily but appear to get water logged. The F stands decreased back after the flock was received; the chicks crawl under bower. The once tried to hood them while he was in the water. All the birds eventually moved out of the pond into a neighboring pond. Quite a show. [sketch of bird with text: position of a where calling in distances] 7 July Only one F was noted in a Caws pool in the area opposite its dunes seems from South Creek, though a large area of Caws pools was checked. 8 July At least 3 F near the S. end of the lake Agness section by CO2. One F evidently had chicks, which it couldn't find, in the Caws pool's area, where they are 2-3" of water. The other F's were well out in the Caws. 8-10" in the marsh by the Black-belly rest. They seemed to be feeding in the shallower sections (3-6" water) where the Caws forms a 50-25% cover, rather than in the open lake where the Caws was only about 10% cover,