Birds

Alder Trail at Goodyear Heights Metro Park

Finding beauty in the birds we might overlook

It’s tempting to see the eye-catching colors of birds during spring migration. But don’t overlook the more muted females!

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 . . .