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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Rice fields at Sapa, Lào Cai, Vietnam
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Welcome to ‘Hollywood North’
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Huntington Beach Pier, California, at sunset
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Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County, China
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The Sonoran Desert, Arizona
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A day of death and rebirth
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Après-ski in the Dolomites
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Peel Castle on St. Patrick’s Isle with the Isle of Man in the background
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Maldives
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Veterans Day
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Skógafoss waterfall, Iceland
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Installation art turns heads
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Polar bears
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World Nature Conservation Day
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Zelenci Nature Reserve, Slovenia
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National Pumpkin Day
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A throng of ice and spires
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Three cheers for polar bears!
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50 years of Earth Day
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Puzzlewood, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
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Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
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Aerial view of Palmanova, a fortress city in Friuli, Italy
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Celebrating the UN’s International Day of Families
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‘You should see the one that got away!’
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World Population Day
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Port de Saint-Goustan, Auray, Brittany, France
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Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
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Purple flowers and Golden Week
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Oymyakon, Russia
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Badlands National Parks 45th anniversary
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