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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.....

If the owls don't use the owl house, the squirrels will.

What is a chawut ?

Since they crap all over maybe I'll talk my other neighbor into putting up a house at his place.

Allen76 said:

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What is a chawut ?

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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.