I had a nice afternoon watching, and dare I say photographing, snowy owls at the Syracuse airport. I called the airport police prior to my arrival and gave them my vehicle details. They told me not to block gates and observe all signs. They seemed pretty familiar with the owl situation and quite friendly. A friendly security guard pointed out an owl perched right beside a runway where he said it had been for nearly three hours. All the while it was around 50 meters from many commercial jets which were coming and going pretty much continuously. Another owl perched atop a spotlight near the road and I watched it dive onto the field below, presumably hunting. It returned empty-handed and continued to preen and survey the area for the two hours that I watched.
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