I keep hearing what I think are raccoons in our trees, but everytime I look I never see anything (not to mention that it's usually late afternoon when I hear them, much earlier than when raccoons are usually out and about). This was vexing me as we solved our raccoon problem not too long ago and was not in the mood to deal with them again. I finally decided that it had to be a bird of some sort, but my knowledge of birds and their sounds is not great. I attempted to Google "bird that sounds like a raccoon" and I found some suggestions from different forums: nuthatch, woodpecker, and my favorite- a screech owl. Really? This person must have been on crack because even I know that a screech owl does not chatter like a raccoon, it screeches. I mean, it's right there in the name.
Anyway, I remembered that we also have a variety of frogs around. I had one in the dining room and a friend told me that it was an Eastern Grey tree frog. So I Googled the name and found a youtube video. Sure enough, that's what is making the noise in our trees. I'd much rather frogs that eat the bugs than raccoons that eat my chickens.
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