Juan Carlos Munoz / Trunk of an Italian stone pine tree (Pinus pinea) in Sierra de Andujar Natural Park. Andalusia, Spain, Feb 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bark of an Italian stone pine (Pinus pinea) in Sierra de Andujar Natural Park. Andalusia, Spain, Feb 2010

Angelo Gandolfi / Short-toed Eagle (circaetus gallicus) flying amongst Stone Pines (Pinus pinea). Coto Donyana, Andalusia, Spain. 2007.

Jose B. Ruiz / Looking up the trunk of an Italian pine stone tree (Pinus pinea) Alicante, Spain

Lynn M. Stone / Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) perched in Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) with flowering Cardinal air plant (Tillandsia fasciculata). Big Cypress Swamp National Preserve, Florida, USA.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Stone pine (Pinus pinea) close up of tree bark, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria) on Stone pine (Pinus pinea) bark. Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. April.

Ernie Janes / Bark of Stone pine (Pinus pinea) Coto Donana, Spain.

Ernie Janes / Stone pine (Pinus pinea) trees, Coto Donana, Spain.

Dietmar Nill / Flock of Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) perched in a Stone pine (Ponus pinea) at dusk, Rome, Italy, December.

Dietmar Nill / Flock of Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) perched in a Stone pine (Ponus pinea) at dusk, Rome, Italy, December.

Cyril Ruoso / Italian stone pine (Pinus pinea) and coastal landscape, Alberes Mountains, Pyrenees, France, October 2011.