The birds and the bees

A golden-crowned sparrow feeds on forsythia petals on a sunny morning near Elkton in western Oregon on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Golden-crowned sparrows spend their winters along the Pacific coast of the of the United States and migrate as far north as the Arctic Circle in Alaska during the breeding season.

Honey bees explore around their hive on a warm afternoon in a plum orchard near Roseburg in western Oregon, on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.