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Wilson's Snipe: Remarkably similar to Boreal Owl, but with more of a humming overtone, and typically dropping more right at the end. Sound created during winnowing flight display by wings pushing air past spread tail; may be given day or night. • Contact call is a tearing skaip; resembles the sound of a boot being withdrawn from a muddy path. • Song is a series of high barking notes, either one- or two-syllable. Winnowing display sound, created by wings pushing air past spread tail, is a fast series of low whistles, gradually rising in pitch and increasing in volume toward end (compare Boreal Owl song).
Winnowing:
Contact call:
Song:
Credits:All text copyright Michael O'Brien. All sounds copyright Macaulay Library. Image copyright Matthew Studebaker.