Brainerd Birding Report: September 13, 2022

September 13, 2022

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

Male Oriole Migration

Brainerd, MN—Birds being observed and or reported within the Brainerd lakes area include.  Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture, Broad-winged Hawk, American Kestrel, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Towhee, Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Baltimore Oriole, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Northern Cardinal, Cedar Waxwing, Common Raven, Wild Turkey, American Goldfinch, House FInch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Northern Flicker, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-blue Heron, Red-eyed Vireo, Eastern Phoebe, Yellow Warbler, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Pileated Woodpecker, Trumpeter Swan, Mallard, Common Loon, Canada Goose, Wood duck, Ring-neck Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Ring-billed Gull, Song Sparrow and Black and White Warbler. 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.

Young Coopers Hawk

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 mid-west!  A good day can be over 25,000 hawks flying over!!