Noise coming from my wood pile?

[Coldfront]

At first I thought it was a frog, but now I think it is bugs eating on the wood. I have some pine and birch split and stacked by the garage and keep hearing a low cheerp cheerp about 8-10 times then quiet, then a minute latter cheerp cheerp cheerp again? Some type of wood bore bug? never heard it before coming from my oak. It is loud enough that it is easy to hear when you are near the wood pile. I can't wait till the freezing temps.

 

[BarkBuster20]

could it be a birds nest?

 

[Somesawguy]

Probably a chipmunk. They are in my pile too.

 

[Mac88]

Haven't run into that kind of noise. We have found some kind of grub type worm, white body and
a huge head, in several species of wood. 2-4 inches long. They make a kind of grunch, grunch,
grunch sound. You can hear them a long ways off. We usually find them just under the bark, or
sometimes burrowed into the wood. We throw them out on the ground. The birds love them.

 

[redprospector]

Yep, It's bugs.
That's nice of you to feed them little buggers.

Andy

 

[ShaneLogs]

Probably bugs for you, Might have to bring out the microwave and nuke the wood :hmm3grin2orange: I got squirrels in mine too.

 

[southpaw]

Could be the sound your hearing is a bat and thats a good thing.

 

[redprospector]

I have some pine

This is what gives it away to me.

Andy

 

[SPDRMNKY]

um...cricket

 

[JRepairsK70e]

probably a nest of chewpacabras ,dont provoke them ,just burn the wood where it sits !!!!dont forget the marshmelos,good luck JK

 

[mbbushman]

um...cricket

This is what my first thought was as well. Your description is exactly what a cricket sounds like.

 

[ShaneLogs]

um...cricket

...........thinking the same thing.

 

[4seasons]

It must be them evil wood fairies that Avalancher is always complaining about.
Better get some fairy dust and spread on you wood stack or you to might have to tell long stories of almost unbelievable coincidences.:wink2:

 

[ShaneLogs]

It must be them evil wood fairies that Avalancher is always complaining about.
Better get some fairy dust and spread on you wood stack or you to might have to tell long stories of almost unbelievable coincidences.:wink2:

......You come up with the weirdest things! :msp_biggrin:

 

[greendohn]

Bomb the hell out of it/them with insecticide!

I was done feeding the free loaders in my wood pile a long time ago. I work too hard to get it home. "dust beetles",crickets,spiders, rodents, reptiles, termites!! I bomb/spray the hell out of all of 'em.

It doesn't work too well keepin' my neighbor out,LOL, but, works well on everything else.

 

[Coldfront]

Yep bugs, I seen the little bastards pushing saw dust out a small hole in the wood.
For god sakes I know what a cricket and chipmunk sounds like, give me some credit.

 

[cascadejack]

Rats or Mice?

I have had rats and mice in or around my cabin/house, and they make little chirping sounds too!

For bugs I heard if you surround it with clear plastic on a hot day it will kill all the bugs and probably drive away the Rats for a little bit as well. They will come back at night if they are rats...

Just my 2 cents worth. I have some termites that came with some free cedar I got, I split it up in the logsplitter and have it stacked out in the sun. But in WA State this year we only get sun for about 4 hours after the clouds clear away in the afternoon! Maybe it will snow here pretty soon!

The worst winter I ever had was Summer in Seattle! (Ever heard that one) Went up to alaska last summer and I heard it was sunnier up there in July than back home in Seattle!

I think the clear plastic shed is a good way to kill bugs, doubles as a greenhouse!

Great thread...

 

[Blazin]

Yep bugs, I seen the little bastards pushing saw dust out a small hole in the wood.
For god sakes I know what a cricket and chipmunk sounds like, give me some credit.

:hmm3grin2orange:

White-Spotted Sawyer better know as wood wrecking muther ####ers as far a pine saw logs go

 

[Coldfront]

The worst winter I ever had was Summer in Seattle! (Ever heard that one)


Great thread...

I believe it was Ernest Hemingway who said "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in Duluth MN." I can second that, right on Lake Superior, coldest of all the great lakes. About 85 miles from where I'm at, I drove up there a few years ago in the end of July it was 85f at my house when I hit Duluth 85 miles latter it was 45f.

 

[Canadianfront]

At first I thought it was a frog, but now I think it is bugs eating on the wood. I have some pine and birch split and stacked by the garage and keep hearing a low cheerp cheerp about 8-10 times then quiet, then a minute latter cheerp cheerp cheerp again? Some type of wood bore bug? never heard it before coming from my oak. It is loud enough that it is easy to hear when you are near the wood pile. I can't wait till the freezing temps.