{"id":497,"date":"2013-12-10T20:44:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T04:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigromano.com\/blog\/?p=497"},"modified":"2020-12-21T15:14:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T23:14:54","slug":"of-swans-snow-geese-and-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigromano.com\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"Of Swans, snow geese, and eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2232\" src=\"http:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skagit-Eagle-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skagit-Eagle-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skagit-Eagle-855x1024.jpg 855w, https:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skagit-Eagle-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skagit-Eagle-1283x1536.jpg 1283w, https:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skagit-Eagle.jpg 1355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/>I absolutely love this time of year in the Skagit Valley. While western Washington lacks the distinct hard seasonal changes that I loved back east&#8211;the seasonal changes here are measured differently-and they are distinct. Winter begins in November with the arrival of tens of thousands of wintering snow geese and trumpeter and tundra swans. A month later thousands of bald eagles join them. You can&#8217;t go anywhere in the Skagit Valley without\u00a0these avian harbingers\u00a0of winter wooing, amazing, and inspiring you!<\/p>\n<p>I absolutely love \u00a0my afternoon runs near Barney Lake watching wedges of swans land in the floodplain pond like jets landing at a busy airport. From my office window overlooking the Skagit River I am constantly mesmerized by row after row of swans flying overhead. And the eagles! Nothing like having them land in one of the nearby towering cedars and making a raucous announcement of their arrival. The Snow geese, swans and eagles make this valley magical, adding beauty and intrigue to this most spiritual and reflective time of year. I savor each day with my wintering feathered friends, knowing that when they take flight again for northern reaches&#8211;the next season in the valley has begun&#8211;the blossoming of daffodils and tulips announcing that it&#8217;s Spring in the Skagit Valley!<\/p>\n<p>What are your favorite harbingers of winter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I absolutely love this time of year in the Skagit Valley. While western Washington lacks the distinct hard seasonal changes that I loved back east&#8211;the seasonal changes here are measured differently-and they are distinct. Winter begins in November with the arrival of tens of thousands of wintering snow geese and trumpeter and tundra swans. 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