Baby Birds Growing Up! - Everyone Can Bird recap

Everyone Can Bird! - Graduation to Migration recap (8/21/2025)

A juvenile Cooper’s Hawk spotted through the scope (credit: Callie Grones)

The Everyone Can Bird crew, including representatives from the Lake Superior Reserve, Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve, Wisconsin Sea Grant, indiGo, Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Embark Support Employment, Minnesota Land Trust, and City of Superior, gathered at Woodstock Bay for the second of three accessible birding events across the Twin Ports region.

The last weeks of August means the migration season is on the horizon. Little birds are growing up and getting ready to begin the longest journey of their new lives. Participants spotted many birds while at Woodstock Bay, a park in Superior located near the water. Additionally, a shuttle provided participants the opportunity to go to Millennium Trail, a paved trail through a forested area also in Superior.

The birds found were reflective of the locations where they were spotted, with a Green Heron, American White Pelican, and Belted Kingfisher found at Woodstock Bay, while a Cooper’s Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, and corvids like a Blue Jay and American Crow were spotted at forested Millennium Trail. ASL interpretation, mobility devices, and an all-terrain track chair, provided by indiGo were available at the event, as well as plenty of bird books, binoculars, and bird experts ready to answer questions about our feathered friends.

The complete list of birds found at the event are here: Green Heron, American White Pelican, American Goldfinch, Bald Eagle, Cedar Waxwing, Belted Kingfisher, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow, Cooper’s Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Blue Jay, Gray Catbird, American Robin, American Crow, American Redstart

Did you miss Everyone Can Bird in August? Not to worry, as Everyone Can Bird returns on fall World Migratory Bird day on Saturday, October 11 at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth, MN. The registration link is here, but it is not required to attend.

Article by Callie Grones

Cover photo: Participants of Everyone Can Bird spot a juvenile Bald Eagle through binoculars (credit: Callie Grones)