There is always a chance of seeing a Great Horned Owl in High Park and I did search. No luck. Here are some photos from other years:
All of the ponds, including Grenadier Pond were frozen solid on the day I visited so this limited my bird sightings:
Some botany:
High Park woods:
NATURE POETRY
Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear Has grown familiar with your song; I hear it in the opening year, I listen, and it cheers me long. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Miles Hearn
We were at High Park yesterday and saw a large group of Northern Shovelers in Grenadier Pond near the bandstand. Most were swimming very tightly packed together in a circular motion. I had never seen anything like it.