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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Sounds of Bach come to Bath
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A tree amid the Tetons
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The circular castle of Cornwall
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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Spotted Lake emerges
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Giant kelp in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
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San Gimignano, Siena Tuscany, Italy
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International Museum Day
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Big wheels on a big mountain
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Manatee Awareness Month
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What, no escalator?
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National Gardening Week
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Best. Holiday. Ever.
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Everybody loves World Turtle Day
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World Honey Bee Day
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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Celebrating whales—and a whale of a tale
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Fish River Canyon, Namibia
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Rocky mountain pi
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Salmon return to the Copper River
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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Wild lupines
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Happy Father s Day
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National Rivers Month
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Twosday
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy
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Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
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Happy Father s Day
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Virgin Islands National Park established
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Oktoberfest begins!
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