Happy Summer and Happy Birding! My name is Judd Brink Owner/Guide of MN Backyard Birds.
If you are wondering where the birds went, please don’t be alarmed. Many of the birds that visited our feeders earlier this spring are still here but are now nesting and finding many of the natural foods.
Birds Observed This Past Week in the Brainerd Lakes Area
Birds being observed and or reported within the Brainerd lakes area include. Bald Eagle, Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Cooper’s Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, American Kestrel, Trumpeter Swan, Hooded Merganser, Common Loon, Woodduck, Mallard, Canada Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Belted Kingfisher, Green Heron, Great-blue Heron, Killdeer, Black Tern, Cliff Swallow, Tree Swallow, Purple Martin, Morning Dove, Common Raven, Red-winged Blackbird, Chipping Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, American Goldfinch, House Finch, Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane, Eastern Bluebird, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Yellow Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Eastern Phoebe, American Robin, Eastern Kingbird, Great-crested Flycatcher, Northern Cardinal, Red-headed Woodpecker, Cedar Waxwing and Eastern Towhee. Happy Birding!
Some sad news this week, the common Monarch Butterfly is becoming so uncommon that it was recently listed as endangered! Please consider taking a small sunny area in your yard and planting milkweeds. They are easy to grow and will spread naturally. Milkweed is the ONLY plants that these butterfly’s will lay their eggs on.
It’s a great time to think about birdscaping your yard to help attract more colorful birds! Ask for native fruiting trees and shrubs to plant around the house or cabin to bring in more birds naturally!
Please also remember many of our Common Loons are nesting and this is a dangerous time of the year so be careful and cautious when boating around nesting loons.
Be Well and Be Safe and Enjoy watching the birds from home or out at the many trails found in the area.
Birding Kits
Go birding today and use our birding kits which are available for your birding convenience during your stay in the Brainerd Lakes area. Find more information on the Bird Watching.
These weekly birding reports are provided in partnership between Visit Brainerd and Judd Brink Owner/Guide of MN Backyard Birds from April through October each year. If you want to share a photo or have a unique bird sighting, please email them to info@birdminnesota.com
