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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Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, US-Canada border
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Celebrating 200 years of statehood
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Honoring some real heroes of World War II
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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
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Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Australia
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SantaPark, Lapland, Finland
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Wild lupines
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Marshland, Gloucester, MA
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Salt ponds of Maras, Peru
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A hint of spring
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Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
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Gone ‘lightseeing’ in Berlin
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The Matterhorn reflected in Lake Stellisee at sunrise, Zermatt, Switzerland
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Giving Tuesday
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Ring-tailed lemur
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A wild, craggy corner of the United States
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Málaga, Spain
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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Earth Day
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A path into history
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Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
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Gem State views
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World Lizard Day
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Groundhog Day arrives—beyond a shadow of a doubt
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Everybody loves World Turtle Day
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Spotted Lake emerges
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Red fox, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Walking among the giants
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Atolls in the Maldives
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The Sonoran Desert, Arizona
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