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