North Chagrin Reservation is one of the premier locations in the country to photograph Wood Ducks. Located near Cleveland, it is one of the city's great metroparks. Every fall the foliage surrounding several ponds turn the water into brilliant shades of red, orange, and yellow. Brilliantly plumaged male wood ducks perform for the hordes of nature photographers that have flocked to the park ever since its secret went out over the internet. Normally wood ducks are extremely wary and difficult to photograph but here, at times, they appear to be ready to eat out of your hand. It is obvious, despite the signs warning against it, that the ducks have learned bread and corn are easily obtained from the many humans enjoying the park.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (http://www.nps.gov/CUVA/index.htm) is one of the newest parks in the National Park System. After a long grassroots campaign it became an official national park in 2000. Lying between two major cities, Cleveland and Akron, its 33,000 acres offer much needed green space for urban inhabitants. It is a unique park in many ways. Parts of it were severely damaged by human action and are in various states of restoration. Historically the valley has great significance. The great Ohio & Erie Canal was completed in 1827 through the valley and helped open the region. The "tow path" built two feet above the canals allowed draft animals to drag the boats through the system. Today the residents of the area hike and bike along the restored tow path or ride the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad through the park.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (http://www.nps.gov/CUVA/index.htm) is one of the newest parks in the National Park System. After a long grassroots campaign it became an official national park in 2000. Lying between two major cities, Cleveland and Akron, its 33,000 acres offer much needed green space for urban inhabitants. It is a unique park in many ways. Parts of it were severely damaged by human action and are in various states of restoration. Historically the valley has great significance. The great Ohio & Erie Canal was completed in 1827 through the valley and helped open the region. The "tow path" built two feet above the canals allowed draft animals to drag the boats through the system. Today the residents of the area hike and bike along the restored tow path or ride the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad through the park.
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