Mike Read / Mountain hut near the top of the Valley de Combeau, with wildflower meadow containing Bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and Mountain cornflower (Centaurea),...

Konrad Wothe / Bird's Eye Primrose (Primula farinosa) in meadow. Bavaria, Germany, May.

Simon Colmer / Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus uliginosus) flowering in a meadow. Wales, UK, August.

Jim Brandenburg / Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) and meadow of flowers, France

Tim Fitzharris / Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus) and Lemon Paintbrush (Catilleja purpurea) meadow near Albany, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus) and Paintbrush (Castilleja sp) meadow, Cedar Hill State Park, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus) and Paintbrush (Castilleja sp) meadow, Cedar Hill State Park, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus) and Texas Yellowstar (Lindheimera texana) meadow, Cedar Hill State Park, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus) and Texas Yellowstar (Lindheimera texana) meadow, Cedar Hill State Park, Texas

Donald M. Jones / Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) with a captured Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) in it's beak, western Montana

Tui De Roy / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) male in coastal meadow, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Tim Fitzharris / Sand Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus) and Pointed Phlox (Phlox cuspidata)

Tim Fitzharris / Sand Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus), Drummond's Phlox (Phlox drummondii ) and Tickseed, Fort Parker State Park, Texas

Tom Vezo / Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) wading in water, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Jason Smalley / Bird's foot trefoil flowering in meadow {Lotus corniculatus} Shropshire, UK.

Mitsuaki Iwago / Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) field, Turkey

Flip de Nooyer / Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) walking across meadow, French Guiana

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) adult walking in meadow where it feeds on amphibians, reptiles, and insects, summer, south central Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) adult in meadow resting on one leg, summer, south central Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) adult in meadow resting on one leg, summer, south central Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) adult in meadow where it feeds on amphibians, reptiles, insects and small mammals, summer, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) adult walking in meadow where it feeds on amphibians, reptiles, and insects, summer, south central Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) adult in meadow preening feathers, summer, south central Alaska

Tom Vezo / Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) on nesting territory, Teton Valley, Idaho

Tim Fitzharris / Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella), Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus), Tickseed and Prickly Poppy (Argemone polyanthemos) flowers blowing in the wind, Hill Country, Texas

Tui De Roy / California Quail (Callipepla californica) male in summer meadow, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand

Mike Read / Meadow pipit {Anthus pratensis} UK

Jason Smalley / Wild flower meadow with Bird's foot trefoil, Pyramidal orchid, Clover and Dog Daisy. Shropshire, England, UK, Europe

Flip de Nooyer / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) adult standing in meadow, calling, Europe

Flip de Nooyer / White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) flock flying over meadow, Europe