Common Name: | Creeper, Brown | Scientific Name: | Certhia americana | Family: | Certhiidae | Area: | Pioneer Park - Independence, Oregon | Date: | March 21, 2014 |
Brown Creepers blend into the tree bark so well that they are hard to see unless they move. Luckily for us they are very active, working up a tree in search of bugs, then flying down to the base of the next tree and working up it. |
Salem Audubon Nature Reserve - Salem, Oregon - - - February 25, 2014 |
Collier Memorial State Park, Oregon - - - July 22, 2012 | Reference: | National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America by Dunn & Alderfer |
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