Sounded like a baby bird (6)
I believe the answer is:
peeped
(Other definitions for peeped that I've seen before include "Looked furtively at, like a certain Tom" , "Looked surreptitiously, maybe through keyhole" , "Looked covertly" .)
I've seen this clue in the LA Times.
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