Every traveler needs a place to rest from time to time. In the case of the snow goose, that place needs to be very large. Snow geese travel in flocks of hundreds, sometimes thousands, as they travel north to their springtime breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra. They stop along the way to rest and forage, relying on places like Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in New York, where our homepage image was photographed. World Migratory Bird Day, recognized on May 12, highlights the need to protect habitat for winged travelers like these.
It’s World Migratory Bird Day
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An aviation celebration
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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Stop and see the flowers
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Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
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Venice s grand regatta
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A Portuguese fort takes a star turn
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Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
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Umschreibung by Olafur Eliasson in Munich
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The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
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Glowworm caves in Australia
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A good time in the Badlands
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Milky Way over Zabriskie Point, California
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International Day of the Tropics
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My my, it s Syttende Mai
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Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
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Where fire meets water
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American Eagle Day
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Western Monarch Day
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International Tiger Day
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World Otter Day
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Groundhog Day
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Dolomites
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Winter Olympics in Beijing
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AAPI Heritage Month & Lei Day
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The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
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