Jack Dykinga / American coots (Fulica americana) taking off from pond with reflections of cattails, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA

Gerrit Vyn / Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) male in breeding plumage, perched on cattails in wetlands, Alberta, Canada. June.

LYNN M. STONE / Black Labrador Retriever (field type) sitting at edge of pond with cattails, Connecticut, USA, October

LYNN M. STONE / Black Labrador Retriever (field type) at edge of pond with cattails, Connecticut, USA, October

Steve Gettle / Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) on cattails, North America

Donald M. Jones / Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) walking on floating cattails, Florida

LYNN M. STONE / Male Golden Retriever standing among cattails at edge of marsh, Illinois, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Male Golden Retriever sitting among cattails at edge of marsh, Illinois, USA

Donald M. Jones / Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) female on cattails, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck amid cattails, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) male on cattails, western Montana

Scott Leslie / Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) male calling from atop cattails, Belleisle Marsh, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada

Mark Raycroft / Chocolate Labrador Retriever (Canis familiaris) adult portrait amid cattails at lakeside