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?
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Celebrating Take Your Dog to Work Day
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Giving Tuesday
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New Year s Day
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Manatee Appreciation Day
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Manatee Awareness Month
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Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
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Valentines Day
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Pont Rouge
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Assembling the Smithsonian
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Golling Waterfall, Salzburg, Austria
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Full moon
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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Silver-studded blue butterflies
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Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
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International Polar Bear Day
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In praise of the pipes
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Pi Day
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Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
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Is that a buzzing sound?
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National Fossil Day
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How Quảng Ngãi got its grove back
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Four little birds sitting in a tree…
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Blue hour in Trondheim, Norway
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Male hooded merganser, Oregon
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Nubble Island’s only industry
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A winter light show
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Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
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