Cormorants:

[Eskimo]

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Cormorants are bad news. They really like Merrill Creek Reservoir.

I don't mind sharing the environment with other fish predators. I love seeing eagles, ospreys, and loons. The trouble with Cormorants is there are so damn many of them.

The Eskimos had a way of 'fishing' for birds like these. The would sharpen both ends of a piece of bone or antler to a sharp point and tie a string in the middle. Then they would insert the pin in a fish length-wise and release it. When the bird grabbed the fish and ate it, it would pull on the string, the pin would shift and lodge itself in the bird's gizzard. The bird would then be tethered by the string.







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