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Greater Yellowlegs, alarm and flight calls, and portions of yodelling song at 26s and 61s (Apr, NJ).
Alarm call of Lesser Yellowlegs (May, DE).
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Lesser Yellowlegs alarm calls in flight, breeding grounds (June, AK).
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Multiple Lesser Yellowlegs; various calls (Apr, NJ).
Threat calls in face-off between two Lesser Yellowlegs (Apr, DE).
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Threat calls by two Lesser Yellowlegs and a Solitary Sandpiper (Aug, NJ).
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Spotted Sandpiper, alarm call in the presence of fledgling (June, PA)
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Solitary Sandpiper alarm call, a metallic vocalization (after sunset, May, VA)
(Aug, PA).
(Aug, NJ).
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Solitary Sandpiper threat call, a rapid trill-like call, heard during interactions (May, PA).
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Willet alarm call, by an agitated bird (July, NJ).
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Willet quiet calls between pair (May, DE)
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Same call by bird in flight (July, ME).
Flock/feeding calls by a group of about 100 Willets (Feb, FL).
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Continuous calls by a bird flapping its wings in a group of Western Willets (May, VA)
Eastern Willet song (May, DE)
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The Western Willet song has a prolonged third syllable
Short-billed Dowitchers are talkative while feeding, but these calls do not carry far, giving rise to the reputation that they are quiet while feeding. A parabola picks up these quiet calls, which are very similar to those of Semipalmated Sandpipers. I am confident that these were made by dowitchers as no other species were nearby. The calls average lower than those of Semipalmated Sandpipers, and are usually single-peaked, whereas many calls of Semipalmated are double-peaked. (May, NJ).
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Semipalmated Sandpiper feeding calls for comparison (June, NJ).
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Short-billed Dowitcher song (migrant, May, NJ).
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Another snippet of song from a dowitcher, most likely a Short-billed Dowitcher (July, NJ).
Long-billed Dowitcher, calls by feeding birds, similar to the Alder Flycatcher pip (adults,Aug, NJ).
A poor recording of a rapidly repeated call by a Long-billed Dowitcher, with Short-billed Dowitchers calling (July, NJ).
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American Oystercatcher piping calls (pair, breeding grounds, Aug, MA).
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In flight (July, NJ)
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American Avocet, calls from flock (Aug, DE).
Black-necked Stilt, single bird agitated call in flight (Nov, PA).
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Agitated calls (Dec, Providenciales, TCI) >
Upland Sandpiper alarm call (tattler call, BNA) (breeding grounds, July, ME).
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Marbled Godwit (breeding grounds, May, ND).
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Red-necked Phalarope contact call beside a pond (June, AK).
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