Great Blue Heron Poster Art by Yvonne Bowman Click for Poster & Info!

The very popular Snow Goose & Birding Festival was brought back in 2024 to the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center.
See below for the 2025 speakers, bus tours, vendors, exhibits and artists.
Saturday February 22, 2025
9:00 am – 5:00 pm

$10.00 Per Person
–Children 12 & Under FREE

Speakers:
Upstairs at the Floyd (3rd floor) Elevator available

10:00 am           All About Owls
Brian Zinke is the Executive Director of the Pilchuck Audubon Society, which serves Snohomish County and Camano Island. His background as a wildlife biologist has taken him across several states where he’s worked to conserve endangered species and species of concern, such as black-footed ferrets and Great Gray Owls.

12:00 pm           The Eagles of Camano Island
Pat Holmes, a local Camano Island resident and storyteller, will share bald eagle facts and stories using photos and videos.

2:00 pm              White Birds of Winter
Martha Jordan, well-known swan biologist, will present a program regarding the changing landscape that our swans and snow geese face in migration and on their wintering grounds.

Featuring Information, Displays, Vendors, Art, Children’s Activities, 
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
First Floor of the Floyd

Falconers at the Floyd – Live Birds!
10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Snow Goose Shuttle Bus Tours providing Special Van to Fir Island –
9:30 am to 3:30 pm Florence & Leque Island
Every 30 Minutes Included in Entry Fee

Lunch available ~ Home made soup & Rolls – $10.00 Per Person not included in entry fee.
Served 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Floyd

Festival Headquarters
Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center 27130 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood, WA
360.629.6110 • sahs-fncc.org

Birding is everywhere around Stanwood and Camano Island – here is a link to birding etiquette prepared by Discover Stanwood.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 SPONSORS & VOLUNTEERS!
Camano Island Chamber of Commerce, City of Stanwood, Discover Stanwood Camano, Northwest Swan Conservation Assn., Pilchuck Audubon Society, Snow Goose Transit, the Stanwood Area Historical Society
Artwork for the poster featuring a Great Blue Heron by Yvonne Bowman.
This festival began in 2006 and after missing several years, returned last year in 2024.  It has always had a contest to select a local artist to design artwork for the poster. See the artists selected over the years at Snow Goose Festival Collection.
Questions? Please email  Judy Fernandes fnccmanager@sahs-fncc.org