White-crowned Sparrow

October 10, 2022

The fall bird migration is now underway with the peak being in September! Watch more birding activity at your feeders!

Hooded Merganser

Today’s birding report comes from the Brainerd lakes area:  White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Harris Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Eastern Bluebird, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Common Raven, Red-tailed Hawk, Osprey, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, Red-necked Grebe, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Common Loon, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-neck Duck, Snow Goose, Woodduck, Horned Lark, American Pipit, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Lapland Longspurs, Wild Turkey, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Turkey Vulture, Red-breasted Nuthatch and Barred Owl.  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.

Be Well and Be Safe and Enjoy watching the birds from home or out at the many trails found in the area.

Common Merganser

Fall Birding Locations:
  • French Rapids- (Mississippi River) waterfowl 
  • Northland Arboretum- Songbirds and fall colors
  • 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!!
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