Some local restaurants in Newark use fake Great Horned Owls on their dumpsters, supposedly to discourage rats and mice. I have no idea whether it works or not. I, too, had people call me about the "tame" owls in the area. Margaret Bowman Licking Co., OH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Milenski" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Fake Great Horned Owl in Lakewood. >> I received a few phone calls and emails about a Great Horned Owl perched >> on a building across from the INA building in downtown Lakewood. I just >> went to confirm it, and it is fake. Just giving birders a heads up in the >> area. >> > > I knew that when they put that thing up it would fool a few people. > > There's also a house on Hilliard that has a similar fake owl in the front > yard, and it could fool a few people in the dark. > > By the way, that's only half a block away from where I saw two screech > owls Monday > night, on trees on the treelawns of Belle. These were real. :-) > > And, of course, a few blocks away is the Westerly, atop which a > peregrine falcon perches > regularly. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]