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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The Twin Cities celebrate Pride
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Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
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Happy Easter from the ‘peeps’ at Bing
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Przewalskis horses
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Autumn comes to the Porcupines
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Full moon
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International Rock Day
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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A little blue
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Summer winds down in the Hamptons
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Cranborne Chase, England
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Overlooking the Douro
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International Tea Day
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Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?
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Collared aracari in Costa Rica
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Reindeer, Lapland, Finland
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
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3, 2, 1 … Happy New Year!
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Native American Heritage Month
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A theatrical dream
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National Park Week: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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Celebrating National Park Week, April 21-29
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Every day is Napping Day for this screech owl
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Happy Valentines Day!
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Juniper Springs, Florida
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National Hummingbird Day
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Ahh-tumn
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Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
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Hooray, hooray, it s Unicorn Day!
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