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?
Today in History
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Canada Day
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Walking among the giants
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Morocco in bloom
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Into the woods
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World Penguin Day
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A cry for independence
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American bison, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Happy Fat Tuesday!
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Maritime forest on Cumberland Island, Georgia
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Pups of the prairie
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Death Valley National Park, California
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Whanganui National Park, Retaruke, New Zealand
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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A triumph of light
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World Art Day
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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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Moving as one
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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National Park Week
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Art over Amalfi
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Presidents Day
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Peel Castle on St. Patrick’s Isle with the Isle of Man in the background
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Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska
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Happy trails for the 21st century
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A city, a cliff, a canyon…and cheese
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New Year s Eve
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Illuminating Annecy
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A grotesque scene
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Mooncake time
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