Sounds made by the species include yelling, yelping, woofing, whining, growling, and cackling. Various yelping, chattering or barking sounds are made in the vicinity of the nest. Lauer said the grunting gradually turned into "yelping". When handled or caught, they make faint yelping noises. White-throated has a yelping "eeoo, hue hue", whereas channel-billed has a croaking song. He gets scared and scampers off behind a wall, yelping all the way. They give loud, yelping calls and are often heard before they are seen. On the breeding grounds they can be heard making yelping and rattling sounds. Tom reacts by yelping and jumping into the stratosphere, kissing his hand all the while. The moose instantly flees, yelping like a dog. They make clicking and often yelping sounds when disturbed. She panics by yelping repeatedly, while being stuck on the hill. But, despite Buddy's injunctions to silence, Bozo's yelping scares the strange man away. Charles Merwin of Stylus Magazine described his vocals as "yelping". According to them, the dog ran away, yelping, and was not found.