The Mute Swan is still on Rapids Lake of the MVNWR. I was asked when I first posted about it if there is an easier way to get a look at the lake instead of bushwhacking through grasses and reeds on the southeast side of the lake. It is possible to get a more distant view of the lake from the bluffs to the west of the lake by parking in the northern lot along Cty. Rd. 11. There is a hunting trail that heads east across the grassland towards the Oak Savannah. If you follow that trail through the oaks, you will come out to a bluff overlooking a portion of the lake. Otherwise to get a close look from the west side of the lake, you will have to follow some now overgrown trails that lead down the bluff. If you follow the Rapids Lake Trail(accessed from the visitors center) on the east side of the lake it does run closer to the northeastern edge of Rapids Lake, so there isn't as much brush to make your way through in order to get a view of the lake. I have only seen the Mute Swan on the southern portion of the lake, though.
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