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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Château de Villandry, France
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Colorful cows of the reef
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Vineyards in the Mosel Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Homeward bound
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Lizard of mystery
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Summer solstice
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Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Village of Saranac Lake, New York
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The Great Glen
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Superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California
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World Otter Day
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Whangārei Falls in New Zealand
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World Art Day
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Eben Ice Caves, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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International Tea Day
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Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia
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World Olive Tree Day
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The moai you know
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Honoring our veterans
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World Art Day
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Bear watching in the Finnish forest
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I am the walrus
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A view from the top
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Lake Tyrrell, Victoria, Australia
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World Space Week begins
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International Womens Day
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World Migratory Bird Day
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What the hay?
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Aerial view of land and ocean, Victoria, Australia
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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting
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