I’m from California… have only been in NC for 6 mo. I’m going out of my mind trying to identify what kind of creature is making this odd noise. It seems to be rising over the last few weeks but hadn’t heard that up until that point. We’re by the water. The intercoastal shipping canal is about 150-200 ft away. So our household is raised some, not full pilings just raised about 5 steps. The sound I am really only hearing from one location. It sounds like it’s coming from under the front porch but I don’t have a excellent view.

It sounds like a thwart between a duck and a small dog, with the slightest croaking rhythm.

I see very small frogs out there all the time and it doesn’t seem to be them. I was watching them out the window and I didn’t see them moving their throats or opening their mouths… have no thought how a frog looks when it croaks but it didn’t look like it was them.

I’m not use to the creatures at all. Kinda curious what’s making that noise!?
I chose to research it on the web. I really found a fantastic website that provided so much information about frogs and toads of NC. They even have photos and adudio of each frog’s call. I’m subdue trying to figure out which one it sounds like, there’s a couple that seem like it force be it. But I am positively confident that it is some type of frog. I had no thought that frogs made such a variety of noises. Welcome to NC!

http://www.herpsofnc.org/herps_of_NC/anurans/anurans.html

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