Birds/Crows and making knocking noises?

celica00 wrote: »

Hi All,

i have a rather unusual question now i suppose.

I am wondering: Can birds (could be crows or any kind of bird) make noises that sound like knocking noises? Like someone is knocking on a door?

For example if they sit on the roof and knock at the tiles?

The thing is, it really sounds like a proper knock on the door, even the dogs keep looking at the door)
Wonder if this is some kind of thing that would be common or explain some bird behavior?

Thanks!

It is possible. I once had a seagull that would knock on my kitchen window with his beak looking for food. I used to feed it and on days where I'd forgotten to leave food out then he would sometimes knock looking for it. This was a learned behaviour though. He wouldn't have done that had I not been feeding him regularly.
The other time I've seen it done was when birds see their reflection in the glass of a window or door and think it's a rival or mate and they may peck at the reflection. I've only ever seen small birds like Robins do this though and they would be too small to create a noise that you would confuse as an actual knock at the door.


Is the noise coming from the door or the roof tiles? What do you see when you trace the noise? If it is coming from your door and there is no-one there when you open it then my money is on kids messing around.