Phil Savoie / Mining bee (Andrena sp.), harvesting pollen from anthers of Cherry tree (Prunus sp.) Ripon Wisconsin USA, May.

Marie Read / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) male fluttering wings while perched on cherry (Prunus sp.) branch in spring, New York, USA, April.

Alastair MacEwen / Time-lapse of Cherry (Prunus) blossom emerging, Somerset, England, UK, April.

Andy Trowbridge / Male Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on flowering European bird cherry (Prunus padus). Southern Norway. May.

Sandra Bartocha / Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Philippe Clement / Wide middle strip / central reservation between roads made into a garden with flowering Cherry (Prunus) trees and water feature, Ghent, Belgium. April 2011.

Andy Sands / Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) singing, perched on branch of Cherry (Prunus sp.) blossom, Hertfordshire, England, UK, March

Aflo / N-17104 Cherry blossom at sunrise {Prunus sp} Japan.

Philippe Clement / Colourful tulips (Tulipa sp.) and Japanese cherry tree (Prunus serrulata) blossom in flower garden of Keukenhof, the Netherlands, April 2009

Philippe Clement / Japanese cherry tree (Prunus serrulata) blossom, the Netherlands, April 2009

Philippe Clement / Orchard with Cherry trees blossoming (Prunus avium), Haspengouw, Belgium

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} feeding on wild cherry tree blossom in spring, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan