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Gilmore
1931
Pelagic Cormorant (3) with aid of mud + sticks
aduct + prop it up on a rock
near the water to serve as a decoy.
Every one shot there after is like
wise set up as a decoy. The natives
shoot from blinds set back
from the waters edge on some
low promontory. There are dozens
along the Shore for a mile or
so each way. These blinds belong
to a family & the occupants take
their turns shooting, one shot
apiece in sequence, hit or miss.
The Blinds are made of logs + rocks,
are about 3' high + shaped like
the three sides of a box, each
side 6-8' long, + end 4-5' long.
Igara, Pt. Hope, Alaska, Arctic Ocean
Aug 9. Doubtful sight record -
a single bird flying 60-75 yds
high over the land spit about
2 miles from the point.
Saw no Cormorants in the way south
from Kotzebue Sound etc.
Sept. 1. St. MATTHEW IS Saw Several
"white flanked" Cormorants flying offshore.