Winter Flight: A Field Guide to the Snow Geese & Swans of the Skagit Valley

Every winter, tens of thousands of snow geese fly about 3,000 miles from Russia's Wrangel Island to the farm fields of Washington's Skagit Valley. Winter Flight is a calm, easy-to-follow field guide to finding them, understanding them, and coming home with photographs you'll love, written from real winters spent driving these roads with a camera.

What's included

• Winter Flight: A Field Guide to the Snow Geese & Swans of the Skagit Valley (28 pages)

• Two illustrated ID plates: snow geese and trumpeter & tundra swans

• When to go, where to look, and a slow driving loop from Conway across Fir Island

• How to read the flock so you're ready before a liftoff

• Camera settings for DSLR and mirrorless, plus simple cell-phone tips

• Field manners, safety and parking passes

• A one-page field summary and a field-day checklist for the car

• First-hand Field Notes throughout

Format

Digital PDF, 28 pages, full color. Includes US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 files. Read on any device or print

How to download

Right after checkout you'll see your download link, and we'll email it to you too.

Please note

This is a digital download; nothing will be shipped. For personal use only. Bird locations change daily, so sightings are never guaranteed; check current access rules with Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife before you go