Judd Brink (Owner & Guide)

Hello, my name is Judd Brink (owner & guide) of MN Backyard Birds!  We offer and design Birdscaping packages using bird feeding stations that our properly placed and maintained for many Brainerd Lakes Area Resorts, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Nursing and Care Facilities, Restaurants and private homes!

We invite you to view our webpage and blog and please see our contact us page so we can answer any questions that you may have about this site!  Please check back as the site continues to change with new photos and sightings and journal entries. Thank you.

Happy Birding,

Judd Brink (owner & guide)

MN Backyard Birds

Happy Birding!

Judd Brink (owner & guide)

Birding at Itasca State Park

Your Guide- May 21, 2010 Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds Itasca State Park

Bird watching from bridge above the start of the Mississippi River at Itasca State Park.  We saw 70 species at the state park some of the birds seen were Common Loon, Evening Grosbeaks, and about 10 warbler species.  In most years we see over 100 species, we think that the birds are still migrating through the area.

Woodduck Boxes

Your Guide – Judd Brink

On Sunday March 28 I finished installing these two woodduck boxes on Hartley Lake.  I hope the boxes will attract Woodducks this year and I will keep this updated I hope you too will think about providing a nest box for them.  The Woodduck society of Minnesota has some great info about attracting and housing woodducks and coming soon you will be able to order online boxes and predator guards!

National Eagle Center

Your Guide – Judd Brink

I visited the National Eagle Center on Sunday March 21, 2010 in Wabasha, Minnesota.  The interpretive center was really neat with many displays and live birds and had a viewing deck overlooking the Mississippi River.  The best times to visit the NEC and view Bald Eagles is November through March when 697 Bald Eagles were counted in one day!  I counted over 200 Bald Eagles in just a few hours of scanning the ice on Lake Pepin and the river near the NEC.  

Golden Eagle

Your Guide – Judd Brink

This Golden Eagle is an Educational Bird used for public and school programs at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minnesota.  Golden Eagles are slightly larger than Bald Eagles and live in western United States but do see some migrants here each year.

Bald Eagle

Your Guide – Judd Brink

This adult Bald Eagle is also used for education programs at the NEC.  In the lower 48 states Minnesota has the highest breeding population of Bald Eagles!  How long does it take for a Bald Eagle to get its white head and tail?  An adult Bald Eagle reaches breeding status at the age of 4-5 years and gets its white head and tail!

Your Guide – Judd Brink

MN Backyard Birds maintains the bird feeding stations at the Americ Inn a bird friendly hotel in Pequot Lakes, MN.  Before we could clean and refill our Cardinal Classic bird feeding station we observed several birds feeding on suet and seed;a female Hairy Woodpecker left,Black-capped Chickadee center and male Downy Woodpecker right.

Your Guide- Judd Brink

Hello, guiding at the 3rd annual Sax-Zim Birding Festival was an awesome experinence some of the highlight species for the 120 festival participants from 16 states included; Northern Hawk Owl, Ruffed Grouse, Boreal Chickadee, Pine Grosbeak, Gray Jay, Snow Bunting, White-winged Crossbill and Pine Siskins.

Northern Hawk Owl

 

 

 

 

Birders at Sax-Zim Bog

 

Your Guide – Judd Brink

We stopped at this location to view Gray Jays and Boreal Chickadee