Photograph: Foggy Morning Swan

The Trumpeter Swans leave Canada and Minnesota to migrate along the Mississippi often stopping at the Audubon Center at Riverlands every winter. This flood plan along the river is managed by the Army Corps of Engineers to provide hapitat for migrating birds. One very foggy morning, a swan woke to stretch his wings just as the sun melted the fog in front of him. What a peaceful way to wake up!