Judd Brink is a local guide and naturalist who provides a weekly birding report during the spring bird migration, the summer nesting season, and the fall bird migration for Visit Brainerd. This is the 11th season Judd has provided birding reports about the Brainerd Lakes Area.

Birds Spotted in the Brainerd Area:

Great-horned Owl, Barred Owl, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Broad-winged Hawk, Osprey, Red-eyed Vireo, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Bluebird, Gray Catbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Brown Thrasher, Veery, Hermit Thrush, Whip-poor Will, Eastern Kingbird, Wild Turkey, Tree Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Purple Martin, Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Common Raven, Sandhill Crane, Belted Kingfisher, Scarlet Tanager, Black and White Warbler, Ovenbird, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, American Redstart, House Wren, Golden-winged Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Common Loon, White Pelican, Common Merganser, Common Tern, Black Tern, Double-crested Cormorant, Ring-billed Gull, Great-blue Heron, Green Heron, Woodduck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Canada Goose, Killdeer, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Purple Finch and swamp Sparrow. Happy Birding! If you want to share a photo or have a unique bird sighting please email them to info@birdminnesota.com.

Summer Birding Locations:
  • French Rapids ( Mississippi River): Waterfowl
  • Kiwanis/Rotary Park (Mississippi River): Waterfowl and Warblers
  • Northland Arboretum: Sparrows, Warblers and Tanagers
  • Crow Wing State Park: Songbirds, Waterfowl and Warblers
  • Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge: Sandhill Cranes
Judd Brink is the owner of MN Backyard Birds and can help make your home and or business more active and attractive for our feathered friends with bird scaping! We hope you can share the joy of watching birds from your home or with others when visiting one of the many great birding areas found in the Brainerd lakes.