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| Muskrat was working and getting ready for spring. |
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| Cormorants arrived back in March. Surely spring is coming. |
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| Here is the cream colored mallard female. This time she is farther south on the Fox River. |
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| I was so surprised to see all of these cormorants on the Fox in downtown Oswego. |
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| The grackles have arrived too. |
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| And the red-winged blackbirds. The yard can get pretty noisy some mornings. |
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| Here is a Mom with her 2 babies. The babies are about 2 weeks old. One is gray in color and the other white. The male and female help in the incubation, and then with the feeding and training. They are called mute swans, but will make a hissing or a barking noise when disturbed or threatened. |
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| This is the male. Just look at the size of his head. |
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| The same day I took the pictures of this pair of swans, I noticed this young fellow, too. It is a baby muskrat. He lives in the same pond as the swans. Have a great day. Listen to the birds, there are beautiful songs in the air. Mary |
