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Eared Grebe Sounds

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Male song
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Oregon, June 02, 1997Recorded by Randolph Little | Macaulay Library
Female song
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Oregon, June 02, 1997Recorded by Randolph Little | Macaulay Library
Colony
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California, May 29, 1993Recorded by Gregory Budney | Macaulay Library
Calls
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Colorado, July 10, 2007Recorded by Andrew Spencer

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Calls

Males and females give an advertising call that starts with a single note and ends with a hiccup. The female’s advertising call is higher pitched and slightly shorter than the male's call. Both sexes also give thin trills during courtship and copulation. At colonies with multiple birds calling, the sound is similar to a frog chorus at dusk. When alarmed they give a single sharp chirp. Outside of the breeding season, they are generally quiet.

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