Name this sound...

[jessb]

We have just moved to a new place near Pittwater in Sydney. At night we keep hearing something really noisy, but we can't identify it. It makes a noise like a door creaking shut and it repeats it from dusk until about 10pm.

It sounds like a frog (and our neighbours have a pond, so it makes sense) but seems waaay too loud.

Do we have frogs who have learnt to use microphones, or could it be some type of owl?

 

[SlothHead]

I would say that if it sounds like a door creaking and shutting, then it is probably a door shutting, but it may be a haunted door.

You have just moved, so it could be the old residents of the house trying to send you a message, are there cold spots, or whispers, or moving shadows.

O well let us know tomorrow ..... if you make it through the nigh... have a good sleep

 

[Bonustokin]

Frogs can be crazy loud though, so that is probably the best bet. Other then that, maybe its the roof or foundation contracting at night from expantion during the day?

 

[jessb]

No it's definitely an animal - no ghosties or ghoulies in our little home! I can hear it outside, probably in a neighbour's yard. Could it be a bird? Like a frogmouth or something?

 

[waruikazi]

Nah frogmouths don't make noises like that, they kinda sound like a... baby bird that is hungry, like a young seagull but hardly never make any noise too so unlikely to be them.

 

[waruikazi]

Could it be a bat?

 

[jessb]

Could it be a bat?

Not screechy enough for a bat. We get loads of them around and I know what they sound like.

Guess it must be a frog then. It must be a really big one!!! :shock:

 

[RedEyeGirl]

A VERY big 1!

 

[=bECS=]

cicada?

 

[Dan19]

Possum? Massively annoying when they are on the roof.

 

[tattoolizzie]

Maybe it's a frog sitting under the downpipe which is amplifying the noise?

 

[Smellie]

We live in a house (as many do) but ajoined to my backyard is a golfcourse (just to brag here, it was used in the PGA tour when it was here) anyway...we heard the same thing about 2 weeks ago, and have been every night, up in the trees, and it sounded like creaking..which was trippy because there was no wind for them to creak. So I did some investigating and it's actually some sort of bird. I can't give you a definate answer as to what kinda...I'd assume an owl maybe...but yes. It's a bird and I hope they stop soon because it's veeerry annoyin

 

[cracksinthepitch]

Maybe a nightjar.

 

[dtulip10]

i had some litoria cloris's a few years back that i was breeding and they got stupid loud every now and then especially around breeding time. so it may be another litoria species of frog. best way is to get out there and find the bugger.

 

[Hoon84]

Poltergeist??

 

[Teamsherman]

Id say possum, i have one that screams at me when i go out for ciggies at night.

 

[Lewy]

Grab a torch and go look see. Then let us know what it was. Most strange screamy noises around our place are possums or foxes.

 

[Bearded_Lady]

We have bleating tree frogs (litoria dentata) near our place which are extremely loud and call during the evening. Can't really describe the sound but this site has a good sound clip of it. http://www.geocities.com/gem3007/litdenta.htm

The one I hear is the lower pitched one which you hear briefly in the of the recording.

 

[Danni]

i would ask your neighbours if they hear it?

 

[gman78]

Possum. They can make some crazy noises