I am very familiar with a section of the Little Rouge Creek which runs just north of the Toronto Zoo:

As I was walking beside it on this day, the normally narrow creek suddenly opened up and formed a pond:

This is a clear indication that beavers have been at work and there are signs everywhere:

A dam of about a metre and a half in height has been constructed:

Here is a view of the newly formed pond from the top of the dam:

Beavers, who do their work at night, are not the only animals about:

I also was able to photograph these birds:

Here is some of the signs of spring:

Very near here is the hamlet of Cherrywood:

There is a pond near here which I always stop at if I am in the area:

The birds I found:

NATURE POETRY

Those be rubies, fairy’s favours
In those freckles live their saviours
I must go seek dewdrops here
And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear. – Shakespeare

Miles Hearn