Migratory Snow geese that arrive by the thousands and stay in the Skagit Valley all winter. The numbers of snow geese here have been increasing — the population on Wrangel Island has gone from around 50,000 in the 1970s to over 300,000 now. The Department of Fish and Wildlife does their regional population surveys of the geese later in the winter. For the March 2023 survey flight, the department counted 91,608 birds from southern British Columbia and down south to northern King County. Adding th