Spent last saturday peregrinating the Skagit flats, studying raptors and owls and bald eagles with North Cascades Institute and a field scientist-expert guide, David Drummond. We discovered the flock of snow geese, wintering over with us all the way from Wrangell Island, down in southern Skagit county on Fir Island, the wedge of dike-enclosed land riding low between the two mouths of the Skagit River.
I took a series of up close and personal photos, and have posted a selection over at Flickr -- you can see them by clicking here. I recommend viewing the excursion in "view as slideshow" mode.
