Saw someone posting about identifying an animal, thought I'll give that a try too:
https://streamable.com/287hwa
(Sound only)
I'm in NSW. I hear this sound coming from some bush / tree area near my place. Didn't manage to find out where exactly it could be hiding. It makes this sound almost every day, always from pretty much the same spot. I think only during day time. Sometimes longer, sometimes shorter.
What could it be? Hoping it's not something I need to worry about.
Thanks all!
Animal sound near home
tdlemon1900 on 17/11/2020 - 20:19
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In NSW? 😞
They’re in far northern nsw and and marginally further south along the coast but shouldn’t be anywhere near Sydney.
Been in Sydney for 10+ years
@Stewardo: Dang, that shows how long it’s been since I did my invasive species training, they weren’t predicted to hit Sydney until 2025 if memory serves correct. I shouldn’t be surprised though as when I did my first bout of training wild dogs weren’t supposed to be anywhere near as bad as they currently are.
@mapax: Wild dogs may be bad, but we're predicting mass extinctions of Aussie wildlife thanks to feral cats. I think Australia currently has the highest number in the world. They're basically a plague, on the level of (or worse) foxes, rabbits, cane toads.
@Kangal: Cats seem to be on par with what was expected, shockingly bad… One of the places I go is ~100km from the nearest town and ~10km from the nearest house and we got a total of 19 cats last year, with covid and no one pressuring the cats this year I’m expecting them to be really bad next year.
Probably a toad crusin' for some lady toads.
Demogorgon
Peron's tree frog
Get the frogID app. Record it and it'll identify it for you. Great for kids
Thanks! Didn't even know there's such an app.
Cane toad. Whack it!
Well well well you learn something new everyday.
Didn't even come to my mind that it's a frog/toad. I was imagining things like snakes or lizard, or as John suggested, demogorgon.
I used the FrogID app catear mentioned and it gave me 8-18 matching species, and none of them is a cane toad. So I might be safe for now.
was imagining things like snakes or lizard
Tell me you're not serious…
heh I was half serious I guess. We have seen a few blue tongue skink around here so I was expecting something close to that family.
Koala?
Maybe not but they make wicked noises similar
Possum
Possums sound more demonic than that. I can only just imagine what the settlers thought when they first heard them! lol
If we haven't got possums here before then I might have considered that too. We had a pair of possums living in our roof once. They sounded different, and also they usually wander around and make noises when it was dark.
Drop bear.
The Predator.
Cane toad