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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)

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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