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They are quickly told apart from the flying mammals by the white stripes on their wings and the call of "peent" that escapes their beaks.
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They are quickly told apart from the flying mammals by the white stripes on their wings and the call of "peent" that escapes their beaks.
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They are quickly told apart from the flying mammals by the white stripes on their wings and the call of "peent" that escapes their beaks.
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Walk the trail just before dusk, listening for the unmistakable "peent" call coming from the male Woodcocks.
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Walk the trail just before dusk, listening for the unmistakable "peent" call coming from the male Woodcocks.
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Walk the trail just before dusk, listening for the unmistakable "peent" call coming from the male Woodcocks.
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At that _peent_ -- that first warning cry -- of Mr. Nighthawk's, they had all vanished as if by magic, among the leaves.
The Tale of Kiddie Katydid Arthur Scott Bailey 1913
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Mounting by easy stages of half a dozen rapid strokes, catching flies by the way, and crying _peent-peent_, the acrobat climbs until I look a mere lump on the roof; then ceasing his whimpering _peent_, he turns on bowed wings and falls -- shoots roofward with fearful speed.
Roof and Meadow Dallas Lore Sharp 1899
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Nighthawks are known for their repeated "peent" call as they hunt for flying insects.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Nighthawks are known for their repeated "peent" call as they hunt for flying insects.
NPR Topics: News 2011
reesetee commented on the word peent
The sound an American Woodcock (or timberdoodle) makes before a nuptial display flight.
March 13, 2007