A trio of trumpeter swans fly over the freezing waters of Gull Lake Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, in East Gull Lake. The white giants usually congregate in the last open water of the season usually choosing shallow water with this year's crop of wild rice on the bottom.
Flight of the trumpeters
With the current cold temperatures in central Minnesota, lakes and streams are beginning to freeze. Swans need to have a place to feed on wild rice in the shallow water.

Known as “Aulneau Jack” to some, Wollack made a solo canoe trip around the Aulneau Peninsula on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods when he was 75 years old.
Temperatures will rebound nicely for the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest for our first weekend in February
Founded in 1977, F-M Walleyes Unlimited was inducted into the North Dakota Fishing Hall of Fame in 2015, putting it in the unique position of being enshrined in two states’ fishing halls of fame.
The nearly 300-mile race ended Tuesday in Grand Portage.