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BROWN CREEPER (TWO PHOTOGRAPHS)

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This was a first for me and the only time I’ve ever seen a brown creeper, so it was pretty exciting. Their numbers are declining in the eastern part of North America, due to habitat loss, so I was particularly happy to see one. It’s called a brown creeper but I thought it looked more like it was hugging the tree as it foraged for insects.

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  1. Peter Hillman
    November 16, 2020 at 11:37 pm

    I love seeing Tree Creepers. This is a lovely photo, Belinda!

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  2. Ellen Jennings
    November 16, 2020 at 7:45 pm

    He’s a beauty, Belinda, with lovely colors. The tree he’s creeping on rounded out a great image.

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  3. circadianreflections
    November 16, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    How exciting for you, Belinda!

    I’ve never seen one.

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  4. bayphotosbydonna
    November 16, 2020 at 6:49 am

    Beautiful shot, Belinda, congratulations on a new lifer! I’ve always consider myself lucky to see one, they blend in so perfectly with tree bark. 🙂

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  5. Eliza Waters
    November 15, 2020 at 8:47 pm

    Sweet capture, Belinda. I rarely see these secretive little birds with the bottom-to-top hunting style.

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  6. Sherry Felix
    November 15, 2020 at 8:04 pm

    One of my favorites. I suspect they often get missed because they are so well camophlaged.

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  7. Greta DH
    November 15, 2020 at 12:05 pm

    That’s quite an exciting experience, Belinda and a beautiful capture of this brown creeper!

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  8. Anne
    November 15, 2020 at 10:20 am

    Brilliant that you managed to capture your only sighting so well! This is a beautiful photograph.

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  9. Reed Andariese
    November 15, 2020 at 8:56 am

    Nice Belinda! Enjoyed seeing your image! Never saw a Brown creeper before!

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  10. blhphotoblog
    November 15, 2020 at 8:37 am

    Congrats on the ‘lifer’ and well captured!

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  11. kathydoremus
    November 15, 2020 at 7:39 am

    Nicely done. They are hard to get pictures of.

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  12. wordsfromanneli
    November 15, 2020 at 3:11 am

    How lucky you are to get this picture. I looked up brown creepers and found out that besides insects they also eat spiders. That makes me happy. My mom always said, “Don’t kill spiders. They do a lot of good.” But I always wondered, what will we do with all the spiders that will be left. I find them creepy. So that’s what we have brown creepers for. They eat creepy spiders. I think I might have seen these birds here, but I may be confusing them with Bewick”s wrens which we have quite a few of. Bewick’s wren has a stripe on the side of its head the creeper does not. Nice photo.

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