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Sanderling - Calidris alba

Photo: Isaac Sanchez; 2012 Apr 28; USA, Texas; Bolivar Flats; Adult; Breeding;
Song: Calls are bright and chipping "twik" or "klip". Flight song is combination of trilling and churring with burst of frog-like croaking. Alarm calls are high and thin "twee twee twee..." repeated relatively slowly.
Sound: Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics; 1969 Mar 17; USA, Florida; Adult; Primary Sound;

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