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Dave Irons
129. by Dave Irons on March 15, 2013 at 09:33 am

Just listened to Ring-necked Ducks doing the soft whistled "kerp" calls described above. I'd not heard Ring-neckeds vocalizing previously. The tonal quality is suggestive of the whistled notes of American Wigeon, only softer, single notes.

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Citation: Personal Experience. I observe this regularly, highly confident.

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