Each fall thousands of tundra swans can be seen in the Mississippi River Valley—a migration corridor for many species of waterfowl. Birders in Minnesota may spot the tundra swans as they make their way to favored wintering grounds in coastal regions of the US. They travel in family groups of about a hundred, and if you can’t see them, you’re bound to hear them. Tundra swans are a noisy bunch—they have a high-pitched honking call and are especially vocal while foraging.
Autumn’s swan song
Today in History
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Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
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Mount Fuji Day
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Salt of the earth
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And you thought moths were boring
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Pollinator Week
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
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National Lighthouse Day
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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Here we mark the price of freedom
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Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone
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World Elephant Day
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Landscape Architecture Month
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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‘Stepping’ into Black History Month
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Modica, Sicily, Italy
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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A Festivus for the rest of us
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Groundhog Day
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World Water Day
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Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park, Australia
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Groundhog Day arrives—beyond a shadow of a doubt
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New beginnings
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Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia
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Feelin groovy on Record Store Day
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Male hooded merganser, Oregon
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
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World Lion Day
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Castle ruins on the island of Halki, Greece
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An uncommonly cool critter
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