I was delighted last Monday to capture a shot of this energetic little Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge. These tiny songbirds move upwards around tree trunks and branches in a spiraling motion as they search for insects. Their mottled plumage helps them to blend in with the bark of the trees, which makes them really tough to spot and to photograph.
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Nice Mike! Hope you had a Great Christmas! And hope you will have a Great New Year!
Thanks, Reed. Christmas celebrations were wonderful. Here’s hoping for a healthy and happy new year for us all.
Good catch 😃. I only remember seeing one in Maine.
Thanks, Ted. I don’t see them very often and have only ever gotten a handful of decent shots of one of them.
Really nice shot! Those little guys are definitely tough to capture. Well done!
Thanks. I took a lot of shots as the creeper curled around the tree. Most of the shots were blurry or showed only a tiny part of the bird. I was happy to get this one “keeper” of the creeper. 🙂
Always fun to see!