Native to North America, trumpeter swans live near rivers, lakes, and coastal byways in northern and western US states in the lower 48, as well as in Canada and Alaska. Depending on where they live, these swans are either resident birds or medium-range migrators. What they all require, though, is year-round access to open water, since their diet consists almost entirely of aquatic plants. That may be why the swans in this image are drawn to the waters of Kelly Warm Springs in Wyoming, which won"t freeze even as snow lines the banks.
Did they forget to fly south?
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It’s Napping Day
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Reflecting on fall
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The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
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Spring equinox
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Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
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A valley view at 9,000 feet
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Replica of a Viking home in Dublin National Botanic Gardens, Ireland
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Dark skies over New Mexico
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Hay, what s up?
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Inside the Oculus
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Holi festival
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Lighting the way to new beginnings
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Manhattan
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Atop the roof of Africa
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Observing World Braille Day in Bavaria
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Celebrating Minnesota’s statehood
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Ready, set, read
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Illuminating Annecy
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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Río Arazas in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain
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Fiddlehead fern fronds
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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
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A stroll above the stratosphere
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First day of summer
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Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
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Pride Month
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New York City Marathon
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Long-eared owl in the Czech Republic
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World Children s Day