Marie Read / House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), male singing, with Wild Columbines in the background, New York, USA

Jack Dykinga / Golden Columbines (Aquilegia chrysanta) flowering on bank of West Fork Oak Creek at the base of Supai sandstone cliffs, Coconino National Forest, Arizona

Jack Dykinga / Golden Columbines (Aquilegia chrysanta) flowering on bank of West Fork Oak Creek at the base of Supai sandstone cliffs, Coconino National Forest, Arizona

Jack Dykinga / Flowering Alcove columbines {Aquilegia micrantha} Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Saddle Canyon, Grand Canyon NP, Arizona, USA with Maidenhair ferns {Adiantum capillus veneris} and Top hat columbines {Aquilegia desortorum} growing on moist canyon walls.

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 6-week, Blue-and-white female and Blue male kittens, among Purple columbines and flowering Rhododendrons.

Igor Shpilenok / Columbines in mountain meadow, Kuznetsky Alatau Zapovednik, Russia.