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I received this and thought that it might interest others. I myself have n=
ever heard of a brown creeper doing things as below. This could I believe =
be some unknown habits for a brown creeper which would also interest the sc=
ientific world. =20
=20
Sincerely=2C
=20
James
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I now live in Laconia and keep an interested eye out for birds always. no=
thing unusual has ever been noticed there however this winter (or starting =
in the fall actually) we have had a rather interesting visitor. We began n=
oticing a small brown stripey bird in the horse barn in the evening and mor=
ning=2C it was too dark to identify it and we assumed it had simply wandere=
d in=2C although it happened rather often. shortly after this=2C when we w=
ould open the chicken coop in the morning s small bird would whoosh by our =
heads on it's way out of the coop=2C after several mornings of this happeni=
ng I paid closer attention to it=2C it was a brown creeper and every evenin=
g it would be there roosted on the rafters of the coop. In the morning it =
would hop down on the roost with the chickens or on the window sill and fin=
ally out the door=2C if it was still too dark out to go outside=2C he staye=
d inside with the chickens and went out there ground floor "hatch" door lat=
er on when it was light out. He even accessed the coop that way on occasio=
n. Then one moring he wasn't there=2C I was alarmed as to where he could b=
e=2C and my husband assured me he had seen him around the property (he is t=
he only brown creeper we have seen although we have numerous nuthatches). =
He frequents our wood piles of course. Sure enough the next morning he who=
oshed by our heads but not from the coop=2C from our basement steps! these=
are closed in (roofed over) and have wood piled along the steps. After r=
outinely seeing him there every morning we noticed a batt of fiber glass pi=
nk insulation stored on a shelf over the steps that had a rather definite "=
borrow" tunneled into it. that evening we shone our flashlight in it and t=
here he was! snuggled in as nice as can be! I think this is rather smart =
for a bird to figure all of this out=2C but perhaps this is common behavio=
ur for them. We figured you would know about that and might be interested=
in hearing about it.
=20
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I received this and thought =3Bthat it might interest others. =3B I=
myself have never heard of a brown creeper doing things as below. =3B =
This could I believe be some unknown habits for a brown creeper which would=
also interest the scientific world. =3B <BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2> =3BI now live in Laconia an=
d keep an interested eye out for birds always. =3B nothing unusual has =
ever been noticed there however this winter (or starting in the fall actual=
ly) we have had a rather interesting visitor. =3B We began noticing a s=
mall brown stripey bird in the horse barn in the evening and morning=2C it =
was too dark to identify it and we assumed it had simply wandered in=2C alt=
hough it happened rather often. =3B shortly after this=2C when we would=
open the chicken coop in the morning s small bird would whoosh by our head=
s on it's way out of the coop=2C after several mornings of this happening I=
paid closer attention to it=2C it was a brown creeper and every evening it=
would be there roosted on the rafters of the coop. =3B In the morning =
it would hop down on the roost with the chickens or on the window sill and =
finally out the door=2C if it was still too dark out to go outside=2C he st=
ayed inside with the chickens and went out there ground floor "hatch" door =
later on when it was light out. =3B He even accessed the coop that way =
on occasion. =3B Then one moring he wasn't there=2C I was alarmed as to=
where he could be=2C and my husband assured me he had seen him around the =
property (he is the only brown creeper we have seen although we have numero=
us nuthatches). =3B He frequents our wood piles of course. =3B Sure=
enough the next morning he whooshed by our heads but not from the coop=2C =
from our basement steps! =3B these are closed in (roofed over)  =3B=
and have wood piled along the steps. =3B After routinely seeing him the=
re every morning we noticed a batt of fiber glass pink insulation stored on=
a shelf over the steps that had a rather definite "borrow" tunneled into i=
t. =3B that evening we shone our flashlight in it and there he was!&nbs=
p=3B snuggled in as nice as can be! =3B I think this is rather smart fo=
r =3B a bird to figure all of this out=2C but perhaps this is common be=
haviour for them. =3B We figured you would know about that  =3Band =
might be interested in hearing about it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> =3B</DIV> =
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