Photo Provided This snowy owl, which was injured in Wood County in December, was treated at the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia and later released on the shore of Lake Erie near Erie, Pa.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — This was no mystery, but police officers in upstate New York had a “whoooo-dunit” on their hands last week. Officers in Syracuse rescued an injured Eastern screech owl in the snowy ...