Every year around October I start wondering if the Tundra Swans are going to come back to the Mississippi around La Crosse. I am happy to report that they are back in a big way this year again. I used to go Rieck's Lake near Alma Wisconsin in the late nineties. Unfrtunately the lake got silted from a big rain aound 2005, and the swans haven't been back to Rieck's Lake in large numbers since then. The now seem to prefer an area a few miles south of Brownsville Minnesota on the Mississsippi River. There is now a nice place to pull off the road near the swans with a parking and viewing area. These picture are from Saturday November 12, 2011.