One way the changing season is marked is by the migration of birds north. Author William Fiennes decided to make a personal quest of the annual snow geese migration, and spent four months following a flock from Texas to northern Canada. He writes of his travels in his first book, “The Snow Geese: A Story of Home,” and talks with host Steve Curwood about a journey that ultimately led him to the very place he was trying to escape.
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