Marie Read / Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilocus colubris), male flying in to feed from cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) New York, USA. August.

Donald M. Jones / Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) male feeding on Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) flowers, southern Arizona

Marie Read / Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), male perched in flowering Eastern redbud tree, New York, USA, May

Karine Aigner / Painted bunting (Passerina ciris) male singing, perched in tree amongst yellow flowers. Texas, USA. April.

Marie Read / Backyard setup for photographing Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilocus colubris) in summer, New York, USA. A natural food plant (cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)) in a floral tube of water is tie...

Marie Read / Backyard setup for photographing Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilocus colubris) in summer, New York, USA. A medical syringe is used to inject a few drops of sugar solution into the flower (set up in...

Marie Read / Bird-friendly garden in full bloom in summer, New York, USA, including purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) and green-headed coneflowers (Rudbeckia laciniata), black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia sp.), be...

Marie Read / Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) male in breeding plumage perched in Crabapple (Malus sp.) blossom in spring, Ithaca, New York, USA , May.

Donald M. Jones / Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) male feeding on Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) flowers, southern Arizona

Donald M. Jones / Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) male feeding on Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) flowers, southern Arizona

Donald M. Jones / Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) male feeding on Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) flowers, southern Arizona

Donald M. Jones / Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) male feeding on Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) flowers, southern Arizona