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
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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Happy Astronomy Day!
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Celebrating 30 years of eye-opening images
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The Children’s Cultural Festival in Reykjavik begins today
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International Womens Day
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Cloudy with a chance of enlightenment
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A herd of impalas, Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa
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What are we looking at?
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Bathing in the light of Pride
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
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Nazaré Lighthouse
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Life in the slow lane
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It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?
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A sea of swirling stone
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Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Fog above the forest
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Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
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Armbrug bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
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Bodie State Historic Park, California
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When science looks like magic
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The Canary Islands, Spain
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Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
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International Day of the Snow Leopard
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Pasadena Chalk Festival supports local arts education
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A triumph of light
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Celebrating a Paris landmark
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Bird’s-eye view of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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Old Rock Day
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