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  1. Indian Spotted Creeper extracting insect : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Indian Spotted Creeper extracting insect : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    A relatively infrequent visitor here ... ... this Spotted Creeper has distinct behavior and movement pattern ... unlike Nuthatches and Treecreepers the do not take the support of tail while resting or moving up and down a tree ... Its territorial calls and and courtship songs are heard in...
  2. Talchhapar - 39

    Talchhapar - 39

    And ... a Creeper ... who walks like ... a Nuthatch _________ ... see the tail position and compare it with that of the Nuthatch in the video posted today ... __________ Unlike these two ... Treecreepers always support themselves on long & stiff tail feathers ... ________ Indian...
  3. Talchhapar - 8

    Talchhapar - 8

    On a tree trunk this Creeper ... behaves more ... like a Nuthatch ... than like a Treeceeper See ... how widely the legs are positioned ... and the tail is lifted clear off the trunk ... ... though included in the family of Treecreepers ... it lacks the stiff tail feathers that support...
  4. Talchhapar - 7 : Amazing Wildlife of India by ... Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Talchhapar - 7 : Amazing Wildlife of India by ... Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    A pair is seen here engaged in courtship and calling constantly An uncommonly sighted resident species, very patchily distributed in India ...
  5. Talchhapar - 3

    Talchhapar - 3

    Another behavioral study sequence of images of this unique and lovely Creeper ... Here it is seen extracting a tiny insect from a gap in the deeply fissured bark of the tree ... ... tossing ... holding ... aligning and swallowing it ... seen clearly in these sequential images ... Its...
  6. Talchhapar - 2

    Talchhapar - 2

    A relatively infrequent species at the Forum here ... ... and one fairly difficult to spot and shoot ... A tree hopping Indian Spotted Creeper Even mega-data gobbler eBird did not have a video on this cryptically plumaged beauty ... (... resembling somewhat, to a Wryneck's) So ... I...
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