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Index to Washington: Page 0: Highlights ~ map ~ 1 ~ 2 ~ 3
~ 4 ~ 5 ~ 6 ~ 7
- Page 1: Seattle Area: Seattle , Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island
- Page 2: North Cascade Mountains : Mount Baker , Mount Shuksan , Sauk Mountain , 2a: Skagit Valley Tulips , Anacortes , Grasshopper Pass , Maple Pass , Rainy Pass SR20 , Hidden Lake Lookout , Sahale Arm
- Page 3: Whidbey & San Juan Islands: Deception Pass , Ebey's Landing , Fort Casey , Meerkerk Gardens
- Page 4: Mountain Loop Highway: Glacier Peak , Mt Pilchuck , Green Mountain , Gothic Basin , Lake 22 , Walt Bailey Trail , plants, flowers, insects , southern Mt Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest
- Page 5: Central Cascades, Highway 2 & Interstate 90: Alpine Lakes Wilderness (mountains, larch, mushrooms) , Granite Mt
- Page 6: Southwest WA: Mt. Rainier , Goat Rocks , Mt. Adams , Mt. St. Helens
- Page 7: Olympic Peninsula: Lavender Farms , Olympic National Park
This page describes the tulip flower fields and wintering snow geese of Skagit County, Washington.
Left: In the Skagit River Delta in winter and spring, snow geese fuel up, bond with a mate, then fly 2500 miles to wild Wrangel Island for breeding in the Russian Arctic, with a stopover in the Fraser River Valley in British Columbia. These snow geese from Skagit County are the only snow geese that winter in North America and breed in Asia. (Reference: The Nature Conservancy)
Below right: Red tulips bloom in Skagit County, April 3, 2008.
Left: Commercial red tulips grow in neat rows.
Below right: a yellow tulip opens wide.
Above: Mount Baker rises above early yellow blooms in the tulip fields of the Skagit River Valley on April 3, 2008.
Left: Snow geese fill the sky in a farmer's field on Fir Island in the Skagit River Delta.
Below right: Snow geese form a dense cloud.
Left: Commercial white and yellow tulips bloom in Skagit County, Washington.
Below: A red tulip.
Left: In the Skagit River Delta in winter and spring, snow geese fuel up, bond with a mate, then fly 2500 miles to wild Wrangel Island for breeding in the Russian Arctic, with a stopover in the Fraser River Valley in British Columbia. These snow geese from Skagit County are the only snow geese that winter in North America and breed in Asia. (Reference: The Nature Conservancy)
Below right: Red tulips bloom in Skagit County, April 3, 2008.
Left: Commercial red tulips grow in neat rows.
Below right: a yellow tulip tinged with red-orange.
Below right: a yellow tulip opens wide.
Above: Mount Baker rises above early yellow blooms in the tulip fields of the Skagit River Valley on April 3, 2008.
Left: Snow geese fill the sky in a farmer's field on Fir Island in the Skagit River Delta.
Below right: Snow geese form a dense cloud.
Left: Commercial white and yellow tulips bloom in Skagit County, Washington.
Below: A red tulip.
