I have seen many Muskrats this winter and spring and we had another at High Park:


The Muskrat tail is long, naked, scaly and black:

High Park scenes:



Some botany:




Red-winged Blackbird males always return first in spring but now some females have joined them:


Other birds:


















Today’s group:



NATURE POETRY
For glad spring has begun,
And to the ardent Sun
The Earth, long time so bleak,
Turns a frostbitten cheek. – Celia Thaxter (1835–94)
Miles Hearn