Mike Read / Large flock of Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flying to reed bed roost at sunset, Westhay Moor NNR, Somerset, England, February

Mike Read / Large flock of Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flying past distant moon to reed bed roost at dusk, Westhay Moor NNR, Somerset, England, February

Donald M. Jones / Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) male singing on reeds, western Montana

Ingo Arndt / Common Reed (Phragmites australis) showing seeds, Germany

Nature Production / Common Cuckoo {Cuculus canorus} fledgling, 15 days old, being fed by Great Reed Warbler {Acrocephalus arundinaceus} Nagano, Japan, August