COME FLY AWAY...

Come on you've got to admit there are days when life just seems a bit too harried. Wouldn't it be great to just take to the air without worries about catching COVID? Well, the best we can do right now is to visit those that have their own wings in the backwaters of the Mississippi to check in with what happens every November, the migration of numerous species of birds- pelicans, ducks, geese and tundra swans.

Natureman and I are lucky to have a nice overlook onto a new favorite fowl feeding and rest stop just south of Goose Island about 10 miles from our home.  In fact, although Brownsville on the Minnesota side has usually been our go to tundra swan watching spot, this Wisconsin side stopover is becoming quite popular for the thousands of feathered friends.

pelican visitors

The pelicans always arrive first followed by numerous species of ducks as the 20 thousand something tundra swans begin to arrive.

The Tundra Swans are very busy looking for the arrowroot tubers and storing up energy for the remainder of their flight southward...

The tundra swan's wingspan is ~ 5.6 foot wingspan for their 15 lb 

It's amazing watching them take off and land.

 

 

Quiet will return by Thanksgiving week as these visitors make a sharp left westward and fly over our home heading to warmer weather. Who said birds have small brains?

Here's a video clip taken this week... More swans will be arriving daily Come fly away: https://photos.app.goo.gl/a2dJYWDJ42mD71Ho7

Some older links to previous years of tundra swan visits:

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