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  • Snow geese look for a spot to set down in a farmer's field on the north side of Fir Island in Skagit Valley.  (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
    Snow geese landing
  • Snow geese fly in formation along Fir Island Road west of Conway (Skagit Country) above the fields where they winter.  (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
    Flying in formation
  • Snow geese gather by the thousands in the farmlands of Skagit Valley and North Puget Sound from their breeding grounds on Siberia's Wrangel Island and mainland Siberia.  (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
    Snow geese swirl from the sky
  • Snow geese gather by the thousands in the farmlands of Skagit Valley and North Puget Sound from their breeding grounds on Siberia's Wrangel Island and mainland Siberia.  (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
    Snow goose
  • 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)
    Snowy owl
  • Alaska white geese fly over wetlands on the Alaskan tundra just outside Teshekpuk Lake. Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times, 2005)
    Arctic birds flying
  • Snow geese look for a place to land in the farmlands of Skagit Valley off Fir Island Road.    The Fraser River delta is an important wintering spot and heavily used by the birds that will migrate to Wrangel Island to breed. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
    Snow geese on the wing
  • Snow geese from a flock on Fir Island fly past Mt. Baker in the distance. Each year about 60,000 - 100,000 Snow geese migrate from Wrangel Island in Russia to the estuaries of the Fraser and Skagit rivers. During the 3,000-mile journey, they may reach altitudes near 3,000 feet and speeds approaching 50 miles per hour. The sound of a flock of Snow geese can be heard from a mile away. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)
    Plump flight
  • Hundreds of trumpeter swans have migrated to the rain soaked fields of the Snohomish river valley where they will spend the winter.<br />
(Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)
    swanslo10.jpg
  • Bald eagles come to the Skagit River in winter. The birds come to feed on salmon carcasses. The abundance of birds has spawned a tourist boom with many outfitters offering float trips in inflatable rafts. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)
    Eagles
  • A red-winged blackbird takes flight from frosty wetlands on the Sammamish Plateau.<br />
(Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Blackbird fly
  • Sandhill cranes stop near Othello, Adams County, every year on their way from California to breeding grounds in Alaska.<br />
(Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)
    Sandhill cranes stop in Othello
  • Majestic raptors gather along the upper reaches of the Skagit River in their annual pursuit of spawned out fish. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)
    Lone eagle
  • On the Skagit River near Rockport, Bald Eagles have returned in strong numbers to feed on the salmon carcasses that line the gravel bars. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)
    Skagit River Bald Eagle
  • A line of trumpeter swans flies past Mt. Baker. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)
    Wiser Lake swans
  • Snow geese cause a near white out on Fir Island in Washington state.<br />
(Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)
    Whiteout
  • A tranquil scene at Golden Gardens Park includes fresh snow on the Olympic Mountains and not a drop of rain in sight here in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
    Golden Gardens Park
  • A bald eagle flies over Howard Miller Steelhead Park in Rockport, Skagit County. An adult bald eagle has a wing span from 5.9 to 7.5 feet. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Skagit County eagle
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