Ok. Sounds like I got an backyard bullfrog. Damn thing is loud. No way can I get used to that. The sound reverberates from the surrounding brick buildings. I just looked at the guy's pond. It's about 5" X4". With a couple big gold fish swimming around. Either the guy's keeping a bullfrog or the thing is hiding in the surrounding vegatation and making night raids into the water. I don't think bull frogs can live without water & I doubt there are other large enough pools in the other backyards. I'm fairly certain having an outside fish pond is not allowed in Hoboken. So I plan to talk to the guy and then get the city involved if need be. In the meantime I'll try drowning the sound out.I'm not big on AC (which I used last summer). May try the ear cotton thing or turn up the fan on high to drown it out. Thanks.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Steve Wilson <virtualwilz@...> wrote:
>
> I think the bull frog was right on the mark.
> Bull frog call:
> http://www.cmnh.org/site/Files/media/longbullfrog.au
> This is link to a page on frog calls:
> http://www.cmnh.org/site/ResearchandCollections/VertebrateZoology/Research/IndexFrogCalls.aspx
> And this is a list of frogs native to NJ:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_frogs_and_toads_of_New_Jersey
> When I was a kid, we lived across the street from a railroad track. You
> would think that would be something that would keep you awake but as a
> kid, I was afraid of the dark. When the train would go by at bedtime it
> would lull me to sleep. It was so noisy that I forgot about all the
> sounds and shadows I seeing in my room. Got to the point where I found
> it hard to sleep until the train went by.
> When the lack of sleep from the annoyance gets to the point where you
> can't stay awake, the problem will become self correcting. Some cotton
> wads in your ears might help muffle the noise too.
> Steve
>
> On 6/22/2012 5:55 AM, msol607 wrote:
> >
> > I'm not much of a handyman but I suspect some of you folks have "seen
> > it all" and so maybe can help me. I being plagued by a mysterious
> > honking sound coming from one of the neighboring buildings around me.
> > I live on the second floor of a 3-story walk-up. My bedroom faces a
> > small backyard and the backs of several surrounding buildings which
> > have retail businesses on the ground floor and apts above. I've given
> > up on sleeping in my bedroom and have moved to a futon in the front
> > room because of the intermittent "honking" that is loud enough to wake
> > me up. Here is a 30-second recording of the honking (it contains
> > several episodes patched together that occurred over the course of 15
> > minutes at 11PM at night):
> >
> > http://www.asterisk-books.com/honking.mp3
> >
> > I'm not sure where to turn about this. My landlord (who lives
> > downstairs) is also at a loss. If I knew the source of the sound, I
> > could at least complain to surrounding property owners.
> >
> > This also occurred last summer. I slipped notes under the doors of
> > surrounding buildings without response. One neighbor has a small 4'x4'
> > pond with gold fish in it in his backyard which I can see from my
> > window. It has a circulator pump but he insists that is not the source
> > of the sound. I can see the pond and the water ripples do not change
> > when the sound is occurring. I suspect the honking may be some kind of
> > plumbing thing. It seems to occur more during evenings/nights but I
> > hear occasional honks during the day. I'm almost certain it doesn't
> > occurs in winter (though my windows are closed then). Any help would
> > be GREATLY appreciated.
> >
> >
>
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