Lake Umbagog. 
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Ehe ordinary call of the Sapsucker is^best described by CcJjl r>a/* 
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(J the term snarl* It has a peevish, irritable quality, suggesting that 
the- bira is^in-a fifr^ef ill-temper^ Jto resemblance to the sere an of 
the Blue Jay which some writers have noted is not close^avli^e Sap- 
sucker*s note is lower^and less resonant^ It reminds me more of the 
mew of the Oat-bird but is not closely like that, either# 
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