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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Whangārei Falls in New Zealand
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World Lizard Day
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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Pumpkin patch
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Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, US-Canada border
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National Moon Day
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International Polar Bear Day
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Siblings Day
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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Star Wars Day
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The puffin-rabbit connection
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Black Fell in England s Lake District
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Everybody loves World Turtle Day
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Autumn in the cypress swamp
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Sailing on thick ice
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World Theater Day
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African bush elephants in Namibia
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World Parrot Day
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National Take a Hike Day
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Baddest of the badlands
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Muskoxen in Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway
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A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
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World Maritime Day
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Joshua Tree National Park, California
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A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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Burchells zebras for International Zebra Day
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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Don t go chasing waterfalls
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A day for the oceans
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