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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Jamaica celebrates its independence
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Lunar eclipse
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In celebration of America’s national bird
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Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
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Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
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Maybe we should be looking up
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Kochelsee in Bavaria
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Celebrating Flag Day: ‘O long may it wave’
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Star Wars Day
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Boxing Day in East Yorkshire, England
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Autumn in Central Park, New York
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Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
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Art abounds at the Palais Garnier
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A prison fit for a count
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An emerald isle of the Emerald Isle
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It’s surströmming time
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Lake Misurina, Dolomites, Italy
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Martimoaapa Mire Reserve, Finland
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Old underground cellar, Bavaria, Germany
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Salzburg, Austria
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‘Stepping’ into Black History Month
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’Chess on ice’
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First Cliff Walk
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A showcase for future fame
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Work out on your way to work
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Desert bighorn sheep in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
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Looking down on the Otter
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Happy Boxing Day!
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Walking among the giants
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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