See chapter 5 in 
Washington Nature Weekends for 
where to view snow geese and 
trumpeter and tundra swans 
in the Skagit Valley.

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• The Chehalis River Valley, west of Elma and south of U.S. Highway 12, has heavy concentrations of trumpeter swans in the flooded agricultural fields.
• Best bet is the Brady Loop Road, (south on Monte Brady Road just west of milepost 15; the wood sign shows the loop route).  Swans are often on the east end of the loop (left, then right). 
• May also be swans at the Goeres Farm (turn south on Keys Road between mileposts 16 and 17, then left on Wenzel Slough road).

• Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is a wintering area for large numbers of tundra swans, Canada geese, and ducks (see chapter 10 of  Washington Nature Weekends).

• On the Columbia Gorge, Franz Lake Wildlife Area provides winter habitat for Canada geese, a variety of ducks, and up to 1,000 tundra swans. They may be viewed from an overlook located along SR 14 about fifteen miles west of Stevenson.

• Willapa National Wildlife Refuge hosts  trumpeter swans, black brant, Canada geese, and several species of ducks in winter.

• 6 Trumpeter Swans were observed along the Cedar River along MP16 north of S.R.105 to and from Tokeland.

• For the second year, trumpeter swans have returned to Hines Marsh in the Leadbetter Point area
  (Directions: Go north up Stackpole Road (off the Oysterville Road) toward Leadbetter Point State Park and the wildlife refuge.  Just south of the sign for Leadbetter Point State Park on your left you will notice a gate with bronze life size lions across a road. This is the easement road to the interior section of the Park and the marsh. You can park FREE in the vacant lot just north of this gate. Be sure to not block the driveway or the gravel piles. Walk back, go around the gate and walk in to the marsh. Please stay on the main road as this area is bordered by private property. You will come to the open water area and water control structure on Park land.  Look south, the swans are there along with other birds.)
  

• Eastern portion of Brady Loop Rd -- 26 Tundra Swans and 22 Trumpeter Swans near the intersection of Willis St. and Brady Loop Rd. The Tundra swans were on a couple different ponds while the Trumpeters were out in a corn-stubble field. 

• Southeastern portion of Brady Loop Rd -- 14 Tundra Swans were present on a small pond.
• Wenzel Slough Rd -- I was hoping to get some good looks at the big group of swans that have been in the corn-stubble field just south of Highway 12 near Keys Rd.  To my delight, the swans had moved closer to Wenzel Slough Rd. this morning. I counted 96; the majority of the group were Trumpeter with the lesser amount being Tundra.

• Up to 13 TRUMPETER SWANS are now on Sauvie Island (west of Portland).
  

From the WDFW Weekender Report: 
Mar 19 - Apr 1, 2003

"Concentrations of tundra swans, from a couple of dozen to thousands, have been reported in several places: 

• On East Swanson Lake of WDFW's Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area and near Coffeepot Lake and the wetlands between Davenport and Creston in Lincoln County; 
• At the farm pond along Highway 395 just north of the cutoff road to Valley and Waitt's Lake, in the valley south of Chewelah, and along the north shore of Lake Roosevelt visible from Colville Flats in Stevens County; and
• On Calispell Lake just southwest of Usk in Pend Oreille County."

• "About 20 tundra swans were recently feeding and flying around near Chewelah. 
• WDFW's Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area in Lincoln County is also hosting a number of swans, according to manager Juli Anderson. "Hard to tell how long they'll stick around," Anderson said, "but they seem to be feeding on the lakes and are spotted right by the information kiosk on the east end of the east lake." 

From the WDFW Weekender Report: Apr 4-17, 2001

"Tundra swans have been seen off Dodson Road, and throughout the Basin, along with many other spring migrating and resident waterfowl species. "