1017 Glenmore Drive | P.O. Box 728 | Tower MN, 55790 | 218-753-1200 | info@glenmoreresort.com

Lake Vermilion Wildlife and Bird Watching

Both, novice and more experienced bird watchers can find a stay at the Glenmore rewarding. There are many opportunities to add numerous birds to your life-list during your stay on Lake Vermilion.The common loon is synonymous with Minnesota and our guests can relax in a comfortable cedar Adirondack chair while watching a pair of loons swim right off the end of our docks.

Numerous species of birds live in and visit, seasonally, the dense Northern Minnesota Boreal forest surrounding Glenmore Resort.

Bald Eagles can be viewed circling the resort on a bright, beautiful summer day.

Enjoy seeing Great Blue Heron feeding in the still waters adjacent to our sand beach while you enjoy a famous Lake Vermilion sunset. The Ojibwa Indians, our neighbors across the bay named Lake Vermilion for its distinctive red sunsets …. “Lake of the Sunset Glow.”

You can spot other wildlife too. Deer, rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, and other animals fill our woods.

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BIRDS SIGHTED AT GLENMORE RESORT AND LAKE VERMILION DURING THE PAST SEVEN YEARS…

Alder Flycatcher – American Crow – American Goldfinch – American Kestrel – American Pipit – American Redstart – American Robin – Baird’s Sandpiper – Bald Eagle – Bay-breasted Warbler – Belted Kingfisher – Black-and-white Warbler – Black-backed Woodpecker – Black-capped Chickadee – Black-throated Green Warbler – Blackburnian Warbler – Blackpoll Warbler – Broad-winged Hawk – Blue-headed Vireo – Blue Jay – Brown Creeper – Brown-headed Cowbird – Canada Goose – Cape may Warbler – Caspian Tern – Cedar Waxwing – Chestnut-sided Warbler – Chipping Sparrow – Clay-colored Sparrow – Common Goldeneye – Common Grackle – Common Loon – Common Merganser – Common Raven – Common Yellowthroat – Copper’s hawk – Dark-eyed Junco – Double-crested Cormorant – Downy Woodpecker – Easter Bluebird – European Starling – Evening Grosbeak – Forster’s Tern – Fox Sparrow – Golden-crowned Kinglet – Gray Catbird – Gray Jay – Great Blue Heron – Hairy Woodpecker – Harris’ Sparrow – Hermit Thrush – Herring Gull – Hooded Merganser – House Sparrow – Horned Grebe – Horned lark – LesserScaup – Lincoln’s Sparrow – Magnolia Warbler – Mallard – Merlin – Nashville Warbler – Northern Flicker – Northern Harrier – Northern Parula – Northern pintail – Northern Shoveler – Olive-sided Flycatcher – Orange-crowned Warbler – Osprey – Ovenbird – Palm Warbler – Peregrine Falcon – Philadelphia Vireo – Pied-billed Greb – Pileated Woodpecker – Pine Siskin – Pine Warbler – Purple Finch Red Crossbill – Rose-breasted Grosbeak – Red-breasted Nuthatch – Red-breasted Merganser – Red-eyed Vireo – Red-winged Blackbirds – Red-headed Woodpecker – Red-necked Grebe – Red-tailed Hawk – Redhead – Ring-billed Gull – Rock Dove – Ruby-crowned Kinglet – Ruffed Grouse (more than a dozen live in the forest around our cabins we consider them our pets) – Savannah Sparrow – Sharp-shinned Hawk – Solitary Vireo – Song Sparrow – Spotted Sandpiper – Spruce Grouse – Swainson’s Thrush – Swamp Sparrow – Tennessee Warbler – Turkey Vulture – White-breasted Nuthatch – White-throated sparrow – White-crowned Sparrow – Wood Duck – Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – Yellow-rumped Warbler – Yellow-throated Vireo

We had a wonderful time celebrating our 50th Wedding Anniversary at Glenmore Resort. Since it was our first time staying with you we naturally did not know what to expect. Your hospitality shown toward our whole family was very welcoming and appreciated. We caught a lot of fish and took time to experience other activities in the area. The Tower Soudan Underground Mine trip was an education about iron ore mining, and an eye opener to the hardships endured by the miners. Your other guests were a lot of fun to be with too. Our cabin provided everything we needed to be comfortable for our week’s stay. The porch with the single beds were our favorite hang out in the evening with the cool breezes blowing off of the lake and view of the grandkids swimming right below us. There can’t be a better beach and swimming area anywhere which was totally unexpected for a big lake such as Lake Vermilion. Thanks again for your great resort and service!
Bob and Jenny Johnson – Brainerd, MN July 2018