Brainerd Birding Report: November 1, 2022

NOVEMBER 1, 2o22

As we change seasons look for migrating sparrows, juncos and blackbirds visiting your feeders.  Now is the time to test out your heated bird baths to see if they work.

Cedar Waxwing Family

Today’s birding report comes from the Brainerd lakes area:

Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Sandhill Crane, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Harrier, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Canada Goose, Mallard, American Coot, Hooded Merganser, Woodduck, Evening Grosbeak, American Goldfinch, Cedar Waxwing, Ruffed Grouse, Northern Cardinal, Common Raven, American Robin, Pileated Woodpecker, Snow Bunting, Lapland Longspur, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, House Finch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern Bluebird, Trumpeter Swan, Common Loon, Wild Turkey and Red-winged Blackbird.  Happy Birding!

It’s 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!

Please also remember many of our Common Loons now have young chicks and watch and listen for the adults giving warning calls when you get too close. This is a dangerous time of the year so be careful and cautious when boating around loons.

Ruffed grouse

Fall Birding Locations:

• Northland Arboretum-  Songbirds and fall colors
  
• French Rapids- ( Mississippi River) waterfowl 
• Crow-wing State Park –  Walking/biking trails, fall colors, songbirds/waterfowl
  
• Duluth- Hawk Ridge one of the best fall hawk watching sites in the midwest!  A good day can be over 25,000 hawks flying over!!
  
• Crow-wing State Park –  Walking/biking trails, fall colors, songbirds/waterfowl