We’ve been enjoying watching large flights of Tundra swans pass over the valley, and sure enough, there are large groups clustered on the slough along Hwy 35 just south of Goose Island and La Crosse! Glistening white with black edging … Continue reading
Swans are resting on the Mississippi again! Have been seeing and hearing small clusters for a while, but nice to see a flock along Wisconsin’s hwy 35…. the great river road. Swans now are working their way north from the … Continue reading
Dec 24, 2020. Merry Christmas everyone. Some may be surprised I still have Tundra Swans, pictured in the header. In fact, during the Christmas Bird Count on Dec 19, our La Crosse Audubon group reported counting 2600 Tundra Swans (big … Continue reading
Thousands of swans are still tucked into the bays south of Goose Island. A Beautiful weekend, come on out. Look for swans in the rice bed as well as the pools! Enjoy!!
Had the great joy this morning of seeing thousands of pristine white Tundra Swans along Wisconsin’s Hwy 35, just to south of Goose Island! The sky was full of flying swans as well as swans filling the ponds. When I … Continue reading
Tundra Swans are beginning to appear in larger numbers on Pool 8. Check at the waysides south of Goose Island on Hwy 35, and south of Brownsville, MN, on Hwy 61 S. To see historical data on our fabulous Tundra … Continue reading
We are blessed to have a number of really wonderful wildlife photographers on the Upper Mississippi River. I’ve often mention Alan Stankevitz as a favorite. He has posted one of his beautiful Tundra Swan videos with his note and a … Continue reading
The wayside just south of Goose Island County Park, along Hwy 35 is offering excellent viewing of Tundra Swans and ducks once again. The Brownsville wayside on the Minnesota shore should be equally as busy. There are often DNR folks and … Continue reading
Just ahead of our first major COLD spell of the season, a few dozen Tundra Swans are visible along Wisconsin Hwy 35, just south of Goose Island and La Crosse. There will also be naturalist/Interpreters on hand at the new … Continue reading
During our brief early February “summer” our Mississippi River big birds made their move to the North. Sandhill Cranes, in. Tundra Swans migrating north overhead in huge flocks… check. Bald Eagles are currently everywhere… 17 on the edge of the … Continue reading