A flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers feeding on mudflats, Cape Cod, MA in August. The low buzzy flight calls are interspersed with laughing threat calls.
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The same calls by birds in spring migration (early June,NJ).
Semipalmated Sandpipers feeding calls. The calls are very similar those of feeding Short-billed Dowitchers, but may be slightly higher (June, NJ).
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"Feeding" calls by Semipalmated Sandpiper taking flight (May, NJ).
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Feeding flock with threat call at end (June, NJ).
The song of the Semipalmated Sandpiper is like an idling diesel engine. I did not observe the bird making the chip-like calls, but they are presumed to be a Least Tern (June, NJ).
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A flock of several hundred Semipalmated Sandpipers taking flight and landing again at Heislerville, NJ in early June. A Semipalmated Plover and Black Skimmer are calling, and note the high-pitched calls of White-rumped Sandpiper on the sonagram.
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Calls by a foraging Least Sandpiper {Aug, PA).
A small flock of feeding Least Sandpipers. The calls are softer and higher than those of Semipalmated Sandpipers (May, NJ).
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Threat calls by interacting Least Sandpipers, slightly higher than the similar calls of Semipalmated (May, PA).
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Threat calls by a pair in flight over Scarborough Marsh (July, ME).
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A snippet of song from a migrant White-rumped Sandpiper (June, NJ).
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Dunlin, calls from a large foraging flock; the calls sound similar to those of Short-billed Dowitcher and Semipalmated Sandpiper but are less squeaky, and have a different sonagram (May, NJ).
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Various calls by a feeding flock (Nov, NJ).
Raspy calls heard from the direction of several foraging Dunlin. At the time of recording I was quite sure they were by the Dunlin, but I haven't seen these calls described anywhere (Mar, NJ).
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Dunlin song (June, NJ).
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Various calls by disturbed Purple Sandpiper as bird takes off (Mar, NJ).
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1 comment:
Wonderful work you have done here! I'm especially interested in the Godwit. I've recently been visiting Miranda, here in New Zealand, and saw Godwits, South Island Pied Oystercatchers, Wrybills, a handful of NZ Dotterals, Red Knots, and about a dozen Royal Spoonbills.
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