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:
Today’s birding report comes from the Brainerd lakes area: bald eagle, turkey vulture, Merlin, sharp-shinned hawk, ruby-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned kinglet, blue-headed vireo, yellow-rumped warbler, palm warbler, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse, herring gull, red-necked grebe, red-breasted merganser, pine Siskin, goldfinch, junco, Harris sparrow, white-throated sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, tree sparrow, cedar waxwings, red-breasted nuthatch, boreal chickadee, mallard, goose, sapsucker, pileated woodpecker, horned lark, pipits, robin and cormorant. Happy Birding! If you want to share a photo or have a unique bird sighting please email them to info@birdminnesota.com.
Please note that while you are enjoying our many lakes, young loons are learning and exploring on those same lakes, so please be careful around loon families.
Fall Bird Migration:
Here are a few fun links to follow especially during the fall migration season of September through October.
- https://birdcast.info/ (type in Crow Wing County).
- https://www.hawkridge.org/ Hawk Ridge is located in Duluth, MN, and is one of the best sites in the entire Midwest for the fall raptor migration.
Brainerd Area 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
