November Swan Watch Bus Tour

Fall on the Upper Mississippi River brings changing colors and bird migration. A Swan Watch Bus tour is being held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, November 14, for close-up views of migrating tundra swans and other waterfowl on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.

The bus will depart from Winona, Minnesota, for the six hour tour which will include a stop at Brownsville, Minn. where participants will relish in the song of nearly 20,000 swans. 

There is limited seating and reservations are required. Cost is $20 per person which includes a hot lunch provided by Mississippi River Wild, a Friends group of the Refuge. Interpreters will be on-board to answer questions; binoculars, spotting scopes and brochures will be supplied.

The Friends of the Refuge Headwaters, Swan Watch of Alma, Mississippi River Wild, Whitewater State Park and Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge are sponsoring the tour. 

For more information and to make a reservation, contact Lisa Pember prior to November 6, at 507-452-4232. Please leave a message if she is unavailable when you call.

 STEVE NAGEL