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Barn owls in suburbia?

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Bradley.Kohr.II
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Would there be a point to putting up a barn owl house in Charleston, SC?

Any birds of prey which I could put up a house for which would eat squirrels?
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Mule_lx
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My two neighbors have owl houses with birds. I see less squirrels. I know they eat rodents but will eat a squirrel? If so, I'm getting an owl house.
Serious Lee
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they eat squirrels. used to have a couple barred owls hanging around my house. all i ever saw them catch was squirrels. ever since they left the squirrel population has exploded.
cupofjoe04
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Pelican makes an affordable, but nice, house that a suppressed .22 will sleep in very nicely. It eats rodents as often as you want it to.
Fairview
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I have owls that live around our house. They keep the woodpeckers away which is nice. They also crap all over which isn't so nice.

We have a puppy and when it was pretty little and going out at 3 am one of the owls tried to get it. My wife ran after it yelling so it flew away.

They also hate crows. One day I thought someone was running around on our roof. It was an owl and crow fight. After the fight the owl was sitting in a tree and the crow was breaking off little branches and dropping them on the owls head. It was pretty funny.
Gilligan
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When my chawut was young Hawks would dive at her and they pulled up short every time. Those were just the few instances I saw.

At 9lbs now I only worry about the owls and coyotes.
O.G.
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As I understand it.....it may also be a way to lower the population of yip-yap dogs and a cat or two.....unconfirmed of course.....
SanAntoneAg
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If the owls don't use the owl house, the squirrels will.
Allen76
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What is a chawut ?
Mule_lx
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Since they crap all over maybe I'll talk my other neighbor into putting up a house at his place.
Gilligan
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Allen76 said:

What is a chawut ?
I have a mutt that is part chihuahua and part "we don't know wut?"

She favors some type of terrier or Gizmo from Gremlins.

She's a 9 lbs rabbit, squirrel, lizard and bird killing machine.
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