The Living Forest (270) : Willow Catkins
With the mild temperatures of this winter, nature is already fully awaking in february and also the forest is part of the early spring show.
Just like the hazel, the willow is one of the early deciduous trees to show catkins in full glory.
The picture shows the beautiful and velvety male catkins of a Goat Willow.
Dutch name : Boswilg
German name : Sal-Weide
Latin name : Salix caprea
Prinzessin 2 09/03/2014 7:53
Eine feine Präsentation von diesen Frühlingsboten..!glg Ulrike
catweazle99-Tierfotografie 07/03/2014 9:18
wie weit der Frühling schon ist - tolles Makrolg K.-Heinz
Claudio Oldrini 06/03/2014 14:27
Beautiful image!Claudio
Monique Robinet 04/03/2014 18:55
Excellent !!!! Félicitations Mark† cathy Blatt 03/03/2014 15:27
It is amazing how you managed to get a silky sheen on the buds, quite beautiful, cathyArnd U. B. 02/03/2014 11:12
Spring is coming now...Best regardsArnd
Lene Thomsen 28/02/2014 13:17
lovely :-)regards
Lene
† Ushie Farkas 27/02/2014 1:17
GRANDIOSES LICHT!!! GrüßeLawson McCulloch 26/02/2014 20:18
The detail, light and colours are quite stunning Mark.best wishes,
Lawson
jane B 26/02/2014 13:13
plein de lumière, d'espoir, de vie !BRAVO
jane
Brigitte Hoffmann 25/02/2014 23:26
Niedlich sind deine Weidenkätzchen - und Klasse fotografiert von dir!Salut Brigitte
Vera Shulga 25/02/2014 22:55
perfect!ARTURO MEDINA 25/02/2014 10:35
Fantástica photo y muy bien realizadaJURAFR 25/02/2014 8:35
Une belle promesse tout en douceur !!!!! bravoAmitiés
Mariechen König 25/02/2014 5:16
Hochinteressant!Die Knospen haben noch Ihr halbes Kleidchen an!!!
L.G.Carva