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© Eric Liner | Macaulay Library Alaska, June 21, 2007

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Quebec, June 30, 1963Recorded by Robert C. Stein | Macaulay Library
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Ontario, September 02, 1962Recorded by William W. H. Gunn | Macaulay Library

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The most common call note is a raspy tschick-a-dee-dee, harsher than the corresponding call of Black-capped Chickadee. Other calls include a low gargling, a similar twitter or trill, and short, one-syllable chirps, squeals, and short calls. The functions of these calls include aggression, courtship, food begging, warning, and alarm.

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