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