A number of Snowy Owls returned to Washington in 2013, creating speculation that there would be an echo from the previous year’s large scale southern migration, Nov. 26, 2012. Irruptions, as they are known, occur periodically and 2012 was particularly good for local bird watchers. Several of the arctic beauties staged in the Stillaguamish River estuary near Stanwood. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)
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