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Ross's Goose Sounds

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Calls

Migrants in flight and at rest give a distinctive keekkeek keek call, higher in pitch than calls of Snow Geese, and a lower, grunting hawh hawh. Alarm calls include a harsh kork and a high-pitched squawk. Paired adults give low grunts and moans. Some of these calls are rhythmically repeated.

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American Black Duck

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Green-winged Teal

Ring-necked Duck

Steller's Eider

Spectacled Eider

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Common Goldeneye

Barrow's Goldeneye

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