Brainerd Birding Report: June 6, 2023

My name is Judd Brink, the owner of MN Backyard Birds. I can help make your home/business more active and attractive for our feathered friends with birdscaping! Judd Brink is also a guide and naturalist and will provide a weekly birding report during the spring bird migration, the summer nesting season and the fall bird migration for Visit Brainerd. It’s great to be back again for the 11th season posting the weekly birding reports for the beautiful Brainerd lakes area.

I hope you will enjoy and follow the weekly birding reports from Visitbrainerd.com. If you want to share a photo or have a unique bird sighting please email them to info@birdminnesota.com.

MN Backyard Birds will also share some birdscaping tips on how you can attract and enjoy more birds at home! Thank you.

Here are a few ideas on what you can do to help attract them. This is still a good time to think about native plantings that can provide fruits, cover, nesting and shelter! It’s still bear season in the area with numerous reports of them coming to feeders. It’s best to keep your seed inside (garage or shed). Please bring in feeders each evening or possibly leave them empty for a while until the bear leaves the area. You might also start to notice less activity at the feeders, this is common as the birds are now using their natural food sources.

Today’s birding report comes from the Brainerd lakes area: Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Golden-winged Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Ovenbird, Veery, Hermit Thrush, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gull, Canada Goose, Mallard, Redhead, Blue-winged Teal, Woodduck, Hooded Merganser, Common Loon, Trumpeter Swan, Green Heron, Great-blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Sandhill Crane, Clay-colored Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Sedge Wren,House Wren, Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture, American kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Common Raven, Purple Finch, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pine Siskin, Baltimore Oriole, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Bluebird, Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Whip-poor Will, American Woodcock, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Scarlet Tanager.

Happy Birding!

Spring Birding Locations:

French Rapids- ( Mississippi River) waterfowl

Kiwanis/Rotary Park (Mississippi River) waterfowl and warblers

Northland Arboretum- Sparrows, warblers, tanagers

Crow-wing State Park – Walking/biking trails, songbirds/waterfowl/warblers

Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge – Sandhill Cranes!

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!

I 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.

Happy Birding!