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Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)

With spring approaching I fully expect these birds could disappear from my yard any time now, so any time I see one I grab some shots of it. This one was mooching around down on the ground. I've seen them occasionally do this under a feeder. But there is no feeder in this location. Nonetheless it found something, because I could see that it was nibbling something here and there. Too cold for insects so maybe dropped food from other birds? This patch of yard is right under a large tree.
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Habitat
My Front Yard
Location
N.S.Canada
Date taken
March 4 2021
Scientific name
Certhia americana
Equipment used
Nikon B700
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Jonno52
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A beautiful shot Bill. Interesting to see a bird like this on the ground: as you say, it must have found some morsel to eat.
 
KC Foggin
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A beautiful top view of this Creeper Bill and a great capture buddy!
 
delia todd
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Well there must be something of interest down there Bill LOL, if not insects then I guess it must be seeds, possibly fallen from the tree or blown in.

That's a super picture my friend. Well done laddie.
 
Macswede
A very interesting behaviour shot, Bill! We had a Treecreeper under our feeders the other day and it was eating spilled fragments of my wife's bird cake, made from coconut fat and mixed seeds. The woodpeckers tend to leave a lot of spillage. 😉
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
wonderview
Date added
View count
97
Comment count
8

Image metadata

Device
NIKON COOLPIX B700
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
179.2 mm
Exposure time
1/250
ISO
220
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
zRSCN8355.JPG
File size
910.6 KB
Date taken
Thu, 04 March 2021 8:58 AM
Dimensions
1440px x 1080px

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