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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US Election Day
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Happy trails for the 21st century
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Into the woods
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A festival of colors
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Hen Galan
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Modica, Sicily, Italy
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International Dark Sky Week
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Native American Heritage Month
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Happy New Year!
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Happy Lunar New Year!
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Carnival comes to Olinda
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The Tour de France begins
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Terraced fields of green
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A bridge of Madison County
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Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany
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Anniversary of Pinnacles National Park, California
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Borrego Badlands
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A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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Solar Impulse 2 in Honolulu
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Happy Valentines Day!
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harlem
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Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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Milwaukee City Hall, Wisconsin
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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Marseille welcomes the Olympic torch
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Gauchos showcase Argentina’s independent spirit
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Gardens by the Bay nature park, Singapore
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The fishing village of Reine, Norway
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Virgin Islands National Park established
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