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Wildlife Sightings

Spot some local wildlife? Tell us about it!

Use the form below – including photos, if you have them – to let us know the date, time and location of your sighting (be it in the parks or in your own backyard), as well as what type of wildlife you spotted and the behavior you observed.

Your regular reports will help populate this page for the enjoyment of your community of fellow Nature lovers and the interests of our Natural Resource Management team. Thanks in advance!

Please note that while this form does collect your name and contact information, those items will not be posted with your sighting, only used in case we need to contact you for additional details.

Report Your Findings

Step 1 of 4 - Sighting Date & Time

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  • Coyote

    Date: Feb 08, 2019 at 9:40 am

    Location: Field outside of Lake in the Woods

    Wildlife Seen: 1 Coyote

    Behavior Observed:

    Beautiful!

    Naturalist's Response

    Thanks you for your observation!

  • Bear

    Date: Jan 05, 2019 at 4:37 am

    Location: 9370 S. Brown Road

    Wildlife Seen:

    Behavior Observed:

    Checking out a feeder

  • Bald Eagle

    Date: Dec 29, 2018 at 7:30 am

    Location: Punderson State Park

    Wildlife Seen: 1 Bald Eagle

    Behavior Observed:

    Circling over the lake, dropped to skim the water, then flew off.

  • Opossum

    Date: Dec 25, 2018 at 7:05 pm

    Location: Eldon Russell Park

    Wildlife Seen: 1 Opossum

    Behavior Observed:

    Hid when we saw it

  • Earthquake in Tennessee

    Date: Dec 12, 2018 at 8:00 am

    Location: Observatory Park

    Graph of ground motion recorded over 5 minutes from Observatory Park. Map showing the earthquake in eastern Tennessee and Observatory Park in northeast Ohio.

    Wildlife Seen:

    Behavior Observed:

    Just after 4 AM Ohio time on December 12, the seismograph at Observatory Park began to detect vibrations from a light-to-moderate earthquake in Tennessee. The earthquake had a magnitude of 4.4 and caused light to moderate ground shaking in the southeastern U.S.

    By comparison, this was about one-fourth the size of the earthquake that shook northeast Ohio in 1986, which had a magnitude of 5.

    (By the time the earthquake’s vibrations had made the 440-mile trip to Ohio, they caused ground movements smaller than the width of a human hair!)

  • Waterfowl

    Date: Nov 11, 2018 at 12:00 pm

    Location: LaDue Reservoir

    Wildlife Seen: lots Ducks, several Loons, 2 Sandhill cranes, 200 Tundra swans

    Behavior Observed:

    Tundra Swans were formed a big “V” in the clear blue sky – what a spectacle!

  • Piebald deer

    Date: Nov 12, 2018 at

    Location: Chesterland across from Wellswood off Rt. 322

    Wildlife Seen: 1 Piebald deer

    Behavior Observed:

    Beautiful!

  • Gray Treefrog

    Date: Oct 25, 2018 at 2:00 pm

    Location: Westwood Elementary

    Wildlife Seen: 1 Grey Tree Frog

    Behavior Observed:

    The Westwood 5th graders found this Gray Treefrog during their Nature Scopes hike!

  • Marten

    Date: Oct 02, 2018 at 11:30 am

    Location: Claridon Woodlands

    Wildlife Seen: 1 Marten

    Behavior Observed:

    Running accross the paved path

  • Bear Track

    Date: Jul 19, 2018 at 6:00 pm

    Location: The West Woods

    Wildlife Seen: 1 Bear track

    Behavior Observed: