Snow Goose and Birding Festival

Snow Goose and Birding Festival
Saturday, February 28, 2026 from 9:00am – 4:00pm

Enjoy a full day of speakers, bus tours, shuttles, vendors, art, displays, and more!

Tickets will be sold at the door for $10. Children 12 and under are free.

The Stanwood Camano Snow Goose and Birding Festival has become one of the premier events in this region and makes our area a destination for Northwest Birders. Each February, over 500 birding and nature enthusiasts visit the Stanwood Camano area to celebrate the Snow Geese and other shorebirds that have migrated to this region for years. Due to dedicated volunteers and the generous support of sponsors, the festival has made a significant impact to our community.

The Stanwood Area Historical Society board continues to take the lead on this festival along with a community coalition and are pleased to host the 2026 Stanwood Camano Snow Goose and Birding Festival. The organizations and individuals in the community that have come forward and offered to co-host and ensure that the festival takes place include Sound Water Stewards, Friends of Camano Island Parks and Stanwood Camano Arts Advocacy Commission. Last year the festival collected data from 390 guests and 85 volunteers. Children under 12 were admitted free and SCAAC provided art activities for them.

The festival began in 2006 and has always had a contest to select a local artist to provide artwork for the poster. This year SCAAC led a Call for Art and we have selected a winner. The artist will be showcased at the event and will sign the posters which can be sold for keepsakes. The Camano Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring our event by allowing us to share their billboard advertising on I-5 which attracted many visitors last year according to our data. Visitors come from Anacortes, Arlington, Bellevue, Bellingham, Edmonds, Everett, Kirkland, Lake Stevens, Lynnwood, Marysville, Mt. Vernon, Oak Harbor, Seattle, Langley, Coupeville, Woodinville and many other towns in Western Washington, especially for the shuttles, bus tours and lectures. 

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