With a dog?
mice and other small animals/bugs
Shoot Them! Or: introduce falcons or owls to your area.
Of course they did. They used them to scare off evil midgets that came after them.
to scare you away
Try fake owls. You can buy them at wallmart. Owls eat other birds even predatorial birds.
Yes, on the ground an owl will flex it's 'guns' like a a cape to make it look larger and more fierce.
why are some owls feared in some culres
to scare off a strange otter
All owls have eggs that are white/off-white, including Burrowing Owls.
It is to scare away predators by making it look fiercer.
You put pink flamingoes in your yard because they scare away birds that might eat the seeds in your garden or they scare away birds from eating the grass seeds that you might've just planted.
dolphins scare off sharks by fighting them