I visit this park which is on the boundary between Toronto and Mississauga frequently during the year. It has ponds, a river, lakeshore, extensive fields and mature forest.
Very few birds on this day however.
Some botany:
I had the first Red-winged Blackbird of the season in my yard (March 10) :
MAILBOX
I received this. (One of my jobs on Antarctic cruises was to stand at the stern and point out the many albatrosses who followed our ship in the open sea).
World’s oldest known wild bird hatches new chick at age 70 | The Independent
NATURE QUOTE
To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature. – Thomas Hardy
Miles Hearn
How wonderful it is to re-visit yet another beloved location in very early spring/very late winter, here. And the close-ups you deliver of botanical detail are–formidable. I guess “fierce” is a better word. I mean it in a good way. Thanks, Miles!