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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Memorial Day
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Listening to the sea
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Black History Month
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Crested caracaras
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Venice s grand regatta
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Make way for robots
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