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
Today in History
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Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy
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Park of the Monsters, Bomarzo, Italy
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Daylight saving time begins
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Papa was a flightless bird
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SantaPark, Lapland, Finland
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Tough turf
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National Napping Day
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A river runs through it
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Freeloaders of the avian world
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Hitsujiyama Park, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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Cinco de Mayo
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Boxing Day
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Salmon migration in full swing
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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Beyond Walls for World Refugee Day
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Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
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The confluence of the Arve and Rhône Rivers
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Mooncake time
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An old celebration for a new season
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Darwin Day
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European hedgehog
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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International Women s Day
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