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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Anniversary of the British Museum
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A timeless view of the night sky
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Surströmming Day
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Earth Day and National Park Week
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Happy Father s Day
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Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains National Park, Australia
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A march toward a dream
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Harvest time in the Palouse
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A seabird gets schooled
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Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, India
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World Penguin Day
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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Huntington Beach Pier, California, at sunset
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Happy Valentines Day!
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International Rock Day
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In the Himalayas for International Mountain Day
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I see one!
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Sequential images of a total solar eclipse
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Lavender fields on the Valensole Plateau in Provence, France
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American bison
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Village of Labro, Italy
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In praise of the pipes
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Canada Day
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Galeries Lafayette, Paris
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Mother s Day
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
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A prison fit for a count
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Bathing huts in Skåne County, Sweden
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Mercury in retrograde
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