I've always been a bird lover. I grew up with birds in cages in my house and now I have feeders in the front and the back of my house. My dog Rosie loves to sit by the window and watch the birds come and go.

When you drive around Skagit County, you see many photographers holding cameras with very long lenses patiently waiting to get wonderful shots of birds.

Bird populations have been decreasing on a regular basis, but lately I've noticed enormous numbers of white birds gathered in the fields of Skagit. I checked in with my friend Libby Mills who is a bird expert and takes groups bird watching...