First Autumn, 2020 We hear them before we see them rising from the mist of dawn from the tall and weathered straw-colored grasses of the wetlands. Their wings beat against their breasts as they cackle in cacophonic exultations, forming arrows pointing to an unseen destination across the autumn sky. Upon their return year after year, … Continue reading The Cackling Geese: Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge