Ruffed Grouse
October 3, 2022
The fall bird migration is now underway with the peak being in September! Watch more birding activity at your feeders!
Oberg Mountain
Today’s special birding report comes from the Northshore of Minnesota! Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture, Common Raven, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, Common Loon, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Mallard, Common Goldeneye, Ring-neck Duck, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Dark-eyed Junco, Lapland Longspurs, Horned Larks, American Pipit, Fox Sparrow, Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee, Northern Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pileated Woodpecker, Belted Kingfisher, Ruffed Grouse, Spruce Grouse, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blue Goose, Canada Goose, Cedar Waxwing, Common Grackle, Field Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Robin and Downy Woodpecker. 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.
Immature Bald Eagle
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.
Fall Common Loon
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
