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Common Eider Sounds

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Male calls
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Austurland, June 01, 2018Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
Male calls
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Male calls
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Male calls
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Austurland, May 31, 2018Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
Female calls
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Austurland, June 01, 2018Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
Female calls
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Austurland, June 01, 2018Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
Chick calls
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Austurland, June 01, 2018Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library

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Calls

Common Eiders are quite vocal, with males frequently giving pleasant cooing calls that can be heard far across the water on still days. Females, when feeding or responding to male courtship displays, give a low gog-gog-gog. Both sexes give a harsh grating kor-korr-korr, probably an alarm call.

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