Brown Creeper

Certhia americana

✨ Shiny — winter rarity
Winter only — roughly November through March✨ Shiny — winter rarity

The take

Bark that moves — it spirals up one trunk, drops to the base of the next, repeats all winter.

How to ID it

  • Streaked brown-and-buff back blends into bark; white below
  • Slender decurved bill and a long, stiff, spine-tipped tail
  • Spirals up tree trunks then flies to the base of the next tree

Field marks at a glance

Size
tiny
Head
streaked brown with buffy eyebrow
Call
very high thin seee

Where & when

Winter only — roughly November through March

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