The next big cold front will probably push most of the remaining Tundra Swans off the Mississippi River.  We like to view the swans on pool #8 just south of Brownsville Minnesota and we try to visit about once a week beginning in early November.  The peak of around 25,000 on pool 8 seemed to be just over a week ago.  There is still time to see(and hear) this truly spectacular site.  If you do go to see the swans take the time to drive a little farther south to the town of New Albin Iowa and drive to the far eastern side of this small town.  There you will find a road that goes out into the Mississippi floodplain for about 1.5 miles.  There have been Sandhill Cranes in that area for several weeks now.