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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A bridge of Madison County
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Northern hawk-owl
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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Where fire meets water
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Party like it’s 5779
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Camel thorn trees, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia
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Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
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What’s blooming in New Zealand?
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Mardi Gras
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Ponta Delgada
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A plot was afoot
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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
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Young black caiman, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
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The Wave at Coyote Buttes
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A ‘circus of chaos’ for Stravinsky
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Colle Santa Lucia, Dolomites, Italy
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You ve never seen anything like this
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Celebrating the UN’s International Day of Families
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Wild turkeys in repose
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World Octopus Day
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A festival of colors
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Extraterrestrial Culture Day
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Duck, duck. duck, duck, duck...
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International Moon Day
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A black heron canopy feeding in Botswana
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Asteroid Day
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Paper lanterns on the longest night
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Surströmming Day
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Dancing in The Nutcracker
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Hitsujiyama Park, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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