I was going to call this my favorite tree, but I decided it's not possible to make such a statement. But I think I can say it's my favorite spring tree:
It's a youngish pussy willow, planted on a boulevard a few blocks from my house. It's about 10 feet tall now, and at this point in April it's covered in catkins that have just been turning from fuzzy gray to their yellow pollen-covered state, which is a great source of nutrition for early-emerging pollinators.
I didn't catch any of the pollinators in my photos because they were generally on the higher catkins.
This photo shows how some of the catkins are still in the gray state while others have bloomed into pollen.
Soon the tree will leaf out and become an unremarkable part of the street. But in the early spring, it's a balm for the soul.
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