[NatureNS] Brown Creeper, etc.

Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:43:05 -0400
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I also see a brown creeper on a tree but it ignores hunks of suet there 
& goes around it!

Angus MacLean wrote:
> A few days ago there was a Brown Creeper in our backyard. (It is not 
> uncommon ot see one & sometimes two since we have many tall white & red 
> pine on our property). There was a great deal of seed on the snow due to 
> the high winds and the Creeper was obviously quite interested. It would 
> come to the base of the tree but was loath to go very far from the tree 
> trunk despite the rewards. At one point it strayed about a foot from a 
> trunk but that appeared to be its limit. It also eyed the suet feeders 
> but the bird felt they were too risky. I realize it comes to feeders so 
> this bird may just be overly timid. I have  tried to find some mention 
> of this trait but the articles I have found do not mention it.
> There was a discussion about numbers of Black-capped Chickadees 
> recently. On enclement days there may be 15-20 here but on nice days 
> such as today only 2-4 at a time visit.
> We have very little diversity at our feeders so it's pleasant to have 
> the chickadees and woodpeckers. I estimate there are ~12 woodpeckers (8 
> Downies & 4 Hairies) but this is impossible to confirm through viewing 
> so I've started to photograph them (& thus compare them in an 
> image-editing program). After a couple of weeks I should have a better 
> idea.
> Angus

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