Loic Poidevin / Rock bunting (Emberiza cia) Leon, Spain, February.

Loic Poidevin / Rock bunting (Emberiza cia) in the snow, Leon, Spain, February.

Loic Poidevin / Rock bunting (Emberiza cia) In the snow with Rowan (Sorbus acuparia) berries Leon, Spain, February

Kerstin Hinze / Common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) attacking Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), female, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany, May.

Nature Production / Cuckoo's egg (Cuculus canorus) in Bunting's nest with three host eggs, Nagano, Japan, June

Yuri Shibnev / Grey headed / Chestnut eared bunting {Emberiza fucata} egg and European cuckoo {Cuculus canorus} egg in nest, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia