Hi Hilke, This time of year I would put my money on an insect. Mark On Sep 1, 2013, at 5:12 PM, Hilke Breder wrote: > I need help id'ing these sounds which are coming from underneath a dense rhododendron > bush by our house, very sporadic and lasting only a few seconds at a time. At first I thought it > was a bird, but was unable to locate one; now I'm wondering whether it's a toad underneath > the leaf litter. I saw a toad but it seemed much too small to make such a big sound. Also > none of the frog/toad sounds on the net sound like this. I finally managed to get a recording: > http://onejackdaw.com/Audio/unknown_9-1-13.mp3 > > Hilke Breder > Brattleboro, VT > Mark Paul Wildlife Videographer Birding From Home Birding Videos Male and Female Northern Harrier feed young at Nest American Bittern Eating Wood Frogs