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© Eric Liner | Macaulay Library Alaska, July 01, 2007

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Alaska, June 28, 2006Recorded by Gerrit Vyn | Macaulay Library
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Alaska, May 30, 1982Recorded by Leonard J. Peyton | Macaulay Library
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Males and females give a rapid, whinnying trill that sometimes becomes a louder braying or honking (during courtship or conflict), mostly on the breeding grounds. Mated pairs sometimes purr softly, and birds warning or attacking other waterbirds occasionally hiss. Wintering birds are seldom vocal, but they may call occasionally on calm days in late winter and early spring, as the breeding season approaches.

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