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Alder Trail at Goodyear Heights Metro Park
Four women stand, backs to the camera, looking toward a dark night sky.

Social media contest winner enjoys “Creatures of the Night”

Contest winner Amy Campbell and her guests recently participated in a bat survey with SMP biologists at Sand . . .
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The Cuyahoga River bends through recently plowed and seeded land.

A river runs through it

By Mike Johnson, Chief of ConservationWhen the park district first acquired Liberty Park, we knew we had found . . .
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A graphic of a bird bingo sheet.

Let’s Play Bird Bingo!

Hit the trail looking for these birds, their behaviors, their food and evidence they have left behind. Can . . .
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The lights of fireflies fills the air immediately above a paved trail.

Find Your Summertime Adventure in the Parks

Stephanie Walton, chief of marketing & communicationsFireflies make their appearance at Munroe Falls Metro Park — Tallmadge Meadows Area. Photo . . .
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A small gray and white bird is being held with its legs between two human fingers, a metal band around one leg.

Rare hybrid bird found in Deep Lock Quarry Metro Park

Stephanie Walton, Chief of Marketing & CommunicationsBiologist Ryan Trimbath holds one of the hybrid birds at Deep Lock . . .
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