Yep, he was noisy. Didn't have much patience with squirrels either. If they got too close, he'd flap his wings like a goose or swan does, and run them off. Funny-looking thing. I liked having him around, but I worried with him hanging out so close to the road, in full view of some of the village idiots and juvenile delinquents. There's a lot of woods around here, so I'm assuming he's still about somewhere.