There are some lovely wooded areas in the Toronto area and I had a walk in one along the West Highland Creek in Thomson Memorial Park.

There are many Redwings, Starlings and Song Sparrows here at the moment:

Mallards are here all year long as long as the creek is not frozen:

Other park views:

Some botany, much of which is showing signs of spring:

There is also history here:

NATURE POETRY

Often I am permitted to return to a meadow  
as if it were a given property of the mind.           – Robert Duncan (1919–88)

Miles Hearn