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Semipalmated Sandpiper: Contact call is an abrupt chrk; usually lower, rougher, and shorter than Western. Contact call sometimes accompanied by threat call, a playful, chattering toy-toy-toy. • Song is a varied pulsating, liquid trill (like an idling motor).
Contact call:
Song:
Credits:All text copyright Michael O'Brien. All sounds copyright Macaulay Library. Image copyright Brian E. Small.