Discover Ohio’s Wildlife
Viewing wildlife is one of the best ways to enjoy Metro Parks. Every month, naturalists offer a wide range of programs for visitors to look for animals in the parks.
Wildlife Programs
LEAH CONWAY Seasonal Naturalist, Blacklick Woods Life begins for the rich black and metallic blue pipevine swallowtail as a round, orange and pumpkin-like egg roughly one-quarter the size of a …Read More
Our Wander & Wonder video explores the diverse habitats of the wetlands at Pickerington Ponds Metro Park, with its beautiful ponds surrounded by wildflowers and tall grasses. It’s a landscape …Read More
AYDEN VAN FOSSEN Naturalist at Highbanks Metro Park When you think of squirrels in Ohio, likely the first images to pop into your head are that of gray squirrels running …Read More
ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist The weather cools, and the aerially acrobatic dragons exit. The dragons of the aquatic realm take up their hunting under the watery surface. Stealthily, lying in …Read More