These noises are a lot slower and heavier than squirrel and rodent noises.
Noise in attic during day.
When you hear noises in the attic during the early morning there are a few pests that could be to blame.
Squirrels are also active in the early mornings as well as the.
Yes or at least you can narrow it down.
Woodpeckers will often develop an interest in a home and will visit several times through the day to bore foraging and nesting holes in the siding.
Raccoons are physically the largest attic intruder so they tend to make louder scratching dragging and thumping noises.
If you hear it at night primarily it is either mice raccoons bats or in some cases a flying squirrel.
So if you hear noises when you first wake up you could have birds flying.
Birds like to hunt for food in the morning.
If you hear noises in the attic during the day it s very likely from squirrels.
If the noise is during the day especially in the early morning or evening before sunset then it s almost surely squirrels.
If the noise of the animal in the attic is at night it s probably raccoons rats or another nocturnal animal.
They may also decide to drum on a part of the house that has the right resonance to attract a mate.
The sounds from squirrels in the house include scurrying sounds from them running around on the drywall in the attic above the ceiling or in the walls.
If during the day then it is almost certainly a squirrel.
The one exception is the nocturnal flying squirrel.
The time you hear it is a big clue.
Although birds can do so as well.