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.

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.

Florian Möllers / Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana qinlingensis) infant feeding on cherry blossoms, Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Qinling mountains, Shaanxi, China, April 2006

Scott Leslie / American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) male in cherry tree blossoms, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) male in cherry tree blossoms, Nova Scotia, Canada

Aflo / Varied tit (Poecile varius) in cherry blossom, Hokkaido, Japan, May.

Aflo / Japanese White eye (Zosterops japonicus) in cherry tree, Kyoto, Japan. March.

Sandra Bartocha / Cherry trees (Prunus sp) on the edge of an open field, Barnim Nature Park, Germany, May.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Feral domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) feeding on cherry blossom, Okunojima Island, also known as Rabbit Island, Hiroshima, Japan.

Chris Mattison / Flowering bird cherry (Prunus padus), Cumbria, UK. April.

Chris Mattison / Flowering bird cherry (Prunus padus), Cumbria, UK. April.