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Posts Tagged "Certhia americana"

Brown Creeper

Posted on Feb 20, 2016

Brown Creeper

Brown Creepers must be the winner in the category of “most calm, friendly and tame birds that are yet the most difficult to get a good photo of” because they stay glued to the tree bark and rarely stop moving, spiraling up and down the trunk. They examine every crevice they can for any small insects or spiders, locking those big feet on the bark and staying steady with their long tail, using that large curved bill to snag their snack. I have plenty of semi-blurry photos of the species and even more that are too dark or obstructed. Today I took out my camera to photograph a few of...

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Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) by Scott Kruitbosch

Posted on Apr 26, 2014

Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) by Scott Kruitbosch

The Brown Creeper was one of “those” birds for me as a kid as they were so much fun to track as they spiraled up trees through the yard. They never cared about how close I was…I think they really feel they’re invisible. Close enough!

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