Featured Images of Fauna & Flora in Spring 2011

This is the place to discuss Featured Images of Fauna & Flora in Spring 2011 (till the end of 2011).

The idea is to collect images with high photographic and artistic value, relating to fauna and flora in the spring. Members may upload one image for the specified time period. Each image should be rated by all members (see rating poll when you view an image). The image with the highest rating for that period will be featured on the front page for the duration of the following period.

Images for the current period should be uploaded to this gallery .

Comments may be made under the images in the gallery, but this thread is the better place for interactive discussion.

Historical threads:
Featured Images Oct-Dec 2010
Featured Images Jan-March 2011
Featured Berg Images Winter 2011

Intrepid, I think you forgot to edit the winter (snow, ice....) line

I assume pics don't actually have to have been taken in 2011?

Too true, thanks Smurfatefrog. Too many marbles rolling around in my head.

Theoretically the pics should be "real time", in that they are really taken between now and the end of the year. It ads a really fun dimension. However, not everybody can get out there all the time, and members like mnt_tiska and ST live out of the country, and so I'd like to be inclusive rather than exclusive in this regard. If you have an old pic you really want to use, go for it, else, hold on a bit till closer to year end and see if you can get out to the Berg by then.

I have not managed to get out to the Berg since the winter due to the annoying auto-populate feature on my Google calender.

Anyone else been out there this spring? Remember to enter your pics.

Mine is called Mnweni Impressions:
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Detailed view here .
The shot, taken near Waterfall Cave, captures several aspects of the Mnweni: eroded trails highlighted by the green colours of spring, stone walled kraals, landmark peaks (in this case the South Peak of The Saddle), and of course, at this time of year, the Cannabis plants in full growth!

Submissions will close early in January, so get your entries in and don't forget to rate each image already submitted!