Noises include ringing alarm clocks and croaking frogs. Great Auk calls included low croaking and a hoarse scream. They emit a loud croaking and a bleating sound when stressed or handled. As the group played at night, Denny became aware of bullfrogs croaking. I know the croaking chorus from "The Frogs" of Aristophanes! The birds apparently made croaking noises when building nests, and bell-like sounds when mating. Toads also can be heard croaking in the evenings. For example, a bridge features frogs croaking melodically. Females are quite loud, making a toad-like croaking when moving. Its instrumentation is "centered around sparse" and contains croaking of frogs, and other sounds. And they thought we were making those croaking noises. The croaking blended with the music and when the band stopped, so did the frogs. The sound "tattai" resembled the croaking of a frog. Keeping with her frog-like nature, she makes croaking sounds whenever she speaks. The courtship ritual involves noisy vocalisations (croaking) by large "choirs" of males.