Snowy owl found at Logan Airport set free at Salisbury Beach
A snowy owl who made a home at Logan Airport was released Sunday morning at Salisbury Beach, where wildlife officials hope it’ll choose to stay, according to The Boston Globe.
Sunday’s owl isn’t alone — 17 snowy owls have been captured at Logan and released in less-populated areas this winter. The open spaces around airports often remind the birds of their home in the Arctic Circle, but living there puts them dangerously close to plane engines that may hurt them, and they also pose a threat to flights at Logan, the Globe reported.
Officials with Mass Audubon, an organization that works to protect the state’s wildlife, found a tag on its feathers when they trapped the bird Saturday showing that it had been captured at Logan two years earlier, according to the Globe. It’s common for the owls to leave the Arctic Circle and come to New York and New England during the winter, where they find a larger food supply.
Those who want to keep tabs on the snowy owl can do so on Project SNOWstorm’s website, using the name “Salisbury.’’
Read the full Globe story here.
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