M I D D L E WILLOW The start of daylight-saving time can make an early rise a tougher one in March. But if you want to experience Willow Point for all its worth, you must be there before sunup. Every spring, the snow geese and tundra swans that sojourn at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area draw tens of thousands of waterfowl-watchers to see a spectacle unequaled most anywhere else in the East. And the best place and time M A G I C 32 to see it at Middle Creek is from Willow Point at sunrise. Make no mistake, it takes some effort and planning to make it happen. But when those geese rise off the 360-acre main impoundment, hollering in deafening unison as the sun climbs over the eastern horizon, and you're standing right next to it, there's no place in the world you'd rather be. Standing on the sideline of this epic upheaval is so indescribable. And I N T