SALEM, Ore. — Thousands of migrating ducks and geese are visiting western Oregon this time of year, and many of us just can’t get enough of their sight and sound. We visit a Polk County wildlife refuge and to meet one man who documents their travels across the state.
If your daily commute feels hectic consider 20,000 Canada geese jammed wing to wing, twisting and turning and rising in flight. These big birds soar, land and munch the grass across the lush pastures at Baskett Slough Wildlife Refuge, 10 miles west of Salem.
Photographer and wildlife biologist Kelly Warren likes to be where the flocks are, and he says Baskett Slough is one of four easy to reach U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuges in the Willamette Valley that protect waterfowl habitats…