Alaska field notes, v1299
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445 Gilmore LONG BILLED DOWITCHER @ 1931 and when flying about over their feeding grounds, the shallow ponds & tiny lagoons, they utter a rapid fire "pseet pseet". The white patch on the middle of the lower back is very conspicuous. After being flushed a flock will nervously fly up & down a pond or around a marshy area in an erratic zigzag course, twittering constantly in this shrill pseet notes before alighting again to feed.