Diane McAllister / Male House finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) perching on profusion crabapple branch with blooms, in a backyard in Reno. Nevada, USA, May

Nigel Cattlin / Crab apple, (Malus 'John Downie'), with red, orange-yellow ovoid fruit on the tree, Berkshire, August

Donald M. Jones / Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) in Crabapple (Malus sp) tree in winter, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) feeding on Crabapple (Malus sp), Troy, Montana

Marie Read / Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) perched. The animal is feeding on a crabapple (Malus sp). The bird stuggles to swallow the fruit whole. Other waxwings (Bombycilla sp) can be seen feeding in the...

Marie Read / Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) perched. The bird picks a crabapple (Malus sp) off the branch and then flies off with the fruit in its beak. Other waxwings (Bombycilla sp) can be seen feeding i...

Marie Read / Male Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) perched in flowering Crabapple (Malus sp.) tree, singing, Ithaca, New York, USA. May.

Marie Read / Male Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) foraging in flowering Crabapple (Malus sp.) tree in spring, Ithaca, New York, USA. May.

Marie Read / Northern parula (Parula americana) male singing from flowering crabapple (Malus sp.) tree in spring, near Salamanca, New York, USA, May 2022,

Marie Read / Male Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) perched on branch among Crabapple (Malus sp) fruits, near Scenectady, New York, USA.

Marie Read / Male Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) perched among Crabapple (Malus sp.) fruits, near Scenectady, New York, USA.

Marie Read / Female Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) perched among crabapple (Malus sp.) fruits in falling snow, near Scenectady, New York, USA.