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Revisiting Robin Young's trip to see the snow geese with her late uncle

WBUR | By Robin Young
Published November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM PST
Migrating snow geese come in for a landing in a field near Onawa, Iowa. (Nati Harnik/AP)
Nati Harnik/AP
Migrating snow geese come in for a landing in a field near Onawa, Iowa. (Nati Harnik/AP)

We revisit Robin Young’s trip to see snow geese in Vermont with her late uncle, Lachlan Maclaughlin Field. At the time, he was 88 years old and starting a battle with Alzheimer’s.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Robin Young
Robin Young is the award-winning host of Here & Now. Under her leadership, Here & Now has established itself as public radio's indispensable midday news magazine: hard-hitting, up-to-the-moment and always culturally relevant.
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