Dog3 wrote:

> "Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in
> nk.net:
>
> >
> > Dog3 wrote:
> >
> >> Hell, all I get here are picky rabbits and carniverous squirrels. We
> >> also get big owls, coons and opossums but not a one of them will eat
> >> the mint. The owls are too busy gazing into my dining room window
> >> looking at my cat as a midnight snack.
> >
> >
> > Wow, owls, pretty cool...do they just do this at night or are they all
> > sleeping during the day?
> >
>
> The owls seem to come around at dusk. I really can't pinpoint the exact
> time. They are awake at night. If we have windows open, you can hear
them
> during the night. They are beautiful. Methinks they would be deadly to
> housepets though.


Larger cats and dogs wouldn't be their prey I'd think, they'd put up a
fight. But yeah I'd keep them inside...


I don't think all owls are carnivores are they?
> Hopefully some of them are out there gobbling up the mosquitoes(sp).
>


All owls are carnivorous; I think skeeters are kinda too small for them:

http://www.carolina.com/owls/guide/diet.asp

The owl menu:

Here is a partial list of owl prey. Bear in mind that larger species of owls
generally eat larger prey (like squirrels) and smaller species of owls
generally eat smaller prey (like insects).

.. ants . flying squirrels . raccoons
.. armadillos . frogs . rats
.. bats . grasshoppers . roaches
.. bees . hares . salamanders
.. beetles . lemmings . scorpions
.. birds . lizards . shrews
.. butterflies . mice . skunks
.. caterpillars . millipedes . snakes
.. centipedes . moles . spiders
.. chipmunks . moths . squirrels
.. cicadas . muskrats . toads
.. crayfish . opossums . turtles
.. crickets . pocket gophers . voles
.. earthworms . porcupines . weasels
.. fish . prairie dogs . woodchucks
.. flies . rabbits


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Best
Greg