October 25, 2022

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.

Trumpeter Swans

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

Solitary Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Yellowlegs, Belted Kingfisher, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Snow Goose, Mallard, Canada Goose, Common Loon, Ring-billed Gull, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Dark-eyed Junco, Harris Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Barred Owl, Common Raven, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Eastern Bluebird, Cedar Waxwing, Wild Turkey, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Fox Sparrow, White Pelican, American Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak, House Finch and Common Merganser. 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.

Bald Eagle

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!!
  • Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge – NOW see migrating Sandhill Cranes!  
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