Great red and green, Tim. Do the birds eat the Red cottonwood catkins fruit/flowers? And the green is a beautiful brilliant green. I really like the shape of the leaves, sort of heart or spade-like.
Hi Mia. I’ve never seen anything eat the red pre-cotton catkins. Cottonwood leaves are distinctive with their heart/spade shapes. They especially look like a heart when you find a skeleton of a cottonwood leaf. I posted a high contrast B&W of a cottonwood leaf skeleton when I was in the hospital in 2016: https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2016/10/hospital-day-seven-rest
Hi Tim, I’ll remember not to eat the red pre-cotton catkins. The photo of the skeleton of the cottonwood leaf is beautiful and your photo is spectacular. It reminds me of a cross section of a long bone, a very delicate sort of a honeycomb. Thank you for the link, and congratulations on your two year anniversary, soon to be three!
Hi Resa. The trees are now putting on what we call “Tatones”, little green pods that hold the cotton. When the pods mature, they burst open filling the air with cotton, which are seeds. It looks like snow in June when the cotton is flying about in the wind. Your tree is full of tatones and will produce a lot of cotton this year.
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Oooooo I love these. They look like fruit 😊
Hi Michelle. I guess they are cottonwood fruit.
Beautiful, elegant photographs!
Thanks, Kendall.
Welcome!
The Red cottonwood catkins are beautiful 🙂
Thanks, Harry.
These are perfect images, Tim. Love the light and colors.
I couldn’t figure out for the life of me what the first one was going go be. 😀 Hugs.
wonderful shots:)! Gr Stef
Thanks, Stef.
I like the green shot best.
Thanks, Teri!
Great red and green, Tim. Do the birds eat the Red cottonwood catkins fruit/flowers? And the green is a beautiful brilliant green. I really like the shape of the leaves, sort of heart or spade-like.
Hi Mia. I’ve never seen anything eat the red pre-cotton catkins. Cottonwood leaves are distinctive with their heart/spade shapes. They especially look like a heart when you find a skeleton of a cottonwood leaf. I posted a high contrast B&W of a cottonwood leaf skeleton when I was in the hospital in 2016: https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2016/10/hospital-day-seven-rest
Hi Tim, I’ll remember not to eat the red pre-cotton catkins. The photo of the skeleton of the cottonwood leaf is beautiful and your photo is spectacular. It reminds me of a cross section of a long bone, a very delicate sort of a honeycomb. Thank you for the link, and congratulations on your two year anniversary, soon to be three!
Thanks, Mia.
I’ve never seen cottonwood catkins up close. They are beautiful!
They have a nice red. Thanks, Lavinia.
Beautiful! I guess my cottonwood tree is turning green now!
Hi Resa. The trees are now putting on what we call “Tatones”, little green pods that hold the cotton. When the pods mature, they burst open filling the air with cotton, which are seeds. It looks like snow in June when the cotton is flying about in the wind. Your tree is full of tatones and will produce a lot of cotton this year.
That sounds like Tatone beauty that will become a Tatmillions star.
Ah shucks … beautiful Tim! Thanks for sharing
Thanks, Julie!