I have spent many hours over several days on the Beaver River Wetlands Trail and have yet to encounter another human being. There are many Grackles however:

I also saw these Trumpeter Swans and heard my first Swamp Sparrow of the spring.

Trail views:

Some botany:

SUNDERLAND

NATURE POETRY

Shallow Things to Consider©

By Linda S. Smith (Facebok: Al-Linda Smith)

There are things to consider as the world reels in crisis

Oh, the frivolous things which beguile and entice us

No trips to Tim Hortons – No restaurant meal

No shopping at will – whenever we feel

And have you considered – as we’re home day by day

Our roots are still growing – revealing the gray

Our nails too will grow – no salon nails to show

We’ll start biting our nails – as the ugly stubs grow

There’s no bedding plants – cos the stores are all closed

No petunias, impatiens – no vines and no rose

So I’m just planting seeds – like it’s something unknown

Before we got spoiled, planting flowers full-grown

I found some yeast too – so I’m now baking bread

Kneading ten minutes – like my grandmother did

If the virus goes on – Things may just get vile

I’ll have to mend, iron and sort old paper piles