Birds

Alder Trail at Goodyear Heights Metro Park

What a bird in the hand can tell us about the two in the bush

Discover why Summit Metro Parks and the National Park Service teamed up to survey and study birds.

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 . . .

Black-capped chickadees

(Black-capped chickadee photo by volunteer Debbie DiCarlo)Janean Kazimir, Interpretive NaturalistHow do black-capped chickadees survive frigid Northeast Ohio winters? Despite . . .

Great horned owls

Think local birds only nest in spring? Think again.Most local birds nest in spring, but the great horned owl . . .

Birds in your back yard: Beneficial, bountiful and beautiful

By Cassie Hall, Summit Metro Parks NaturalistNorthern cardinal at Firestone Metro Park (photo by volunteer Jeff Hill)Imagine a bird. . . .