Happy Spring and Happy Birding!  It’s great to be back again to post the weekly birding reports for the beautiful Brainerd Lakes Area. My name is Judd Brink Owner/Guide of MN Backyard Birds.
Birds Observed This Past Week in the Brainerd Lakes Area
The spring migration has now taken flight with many new birds arriving daily to the lakes area!
Birds being observed and or reported within the Brainerd lakes area include. Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Gray Catbird, White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Wilson’s Snipe, Sandhill Crane, Great-blue Heron, Green Heron, Forster’s Tern, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Kingbird, Least Flycatcher, Eastern-wood Pewee, Ovenbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Common Loon, Trumpeter Swan, Woodduck, Hooded Merganser, Ring-neck Duck, Eastern Phoebe, Belted Kingfisher, Peregrine Falcon, Turkey Vulture, Broad-winged Hawk, Bald Eagle, Osprey, American Kestrel, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Tennessee Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Pileated Woodpecker, Whip–poor Will, Nighthawk, Northern Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Morning Dove, Great-crested Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Brown Thrasher, Raven, Mallard, Canada Goose, Purple Martin, Ring-billed Gull and Swamp Sparrow.  Happy Birding!

Now is a great time to think about bird scaping 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!

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.
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