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Glaucous-winged Gull Sounds

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Long calls
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Washington, August 20, 2013Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
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British Columbia, May 05, 1959Recorded by Arthur A. Allen | Macaulay Library
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Alaska, April 21, 2012Recorded by Lucas DeCicco | Macaulay Library
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British Columbia, June 11, 2020Recorded by Daniel Donnecke | Macaulay Library
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Washington, August 21, 2013Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
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Washington, August 05, 1954Recorded by Ernest S. Booth | Macaulay Library
Juvenile calls
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British Columbia, September 09, 2019Recorded by David M. Bell | Macaulay Library

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Calls

A low, piercing kiau is the most commonly heard call, similar to other large gulls’ calls; also a low cow-cow-cow. The “long call” is a series of higher-pitched, longer notes, shortening and descending as they progress, that resemble similar calls of Western and Herring Gulls—this is the gull vocalization that many people associate generally with the “seashore.” On breeding grounds, males and females give a great variety of calls in courtship and threat displays.

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