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February 23, 2020 | Swan Lake

In this photo from the July 1975 issue, scientists round up tundra swans in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland. The birds, sometimes called whistling swans, were giving tracking bands so that their migration patterns could be studied.

Photograph by BIANCA LAVIES, Nat Geo Image Collection