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Virginia Creeper climbing a branch in the forest as the sun sets.
Virginia Creeper is often mistaken for poison ivy, possibly because they both have green leaves, and are located in woody areas. But poison ivy always has 3 leaves, where Virginia Creeper has 5...but sometimes 4 or even 3 at the end of the vine, as shown here. PI also has shiny leaves, where VC does not.
VC grows on a climbing vine and turns a brilliant red in the fall, deepening to a purplish as the season progresses. I enjoy seeing it wrap around tree trunks and branches, adding eye catching vines of autumn color to the forests.
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday, and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend :-)
A single leaf of the Parthenocissus quinquefolia or Virginia Creeper showing it's five leaflets in Autumn color. For the group "Looking close... on Friday!"
It's easy to miss this bird because the pattern/color of its back feathers almost perfectly blends with the bark of the tree, (unless the tree has moss or algae growing on it haha).
Creepers creep upward on a tree trunk searching for insects. When they reach a high point, they may drop down and start again, or go try their luck at the bottom of a different tree.
Tree Creeper . A nice surprise seeing this in a small patch of trees in my neighbourhood during my exercise walk. Pleased I carry my heavy camera as you never know what you find.
Upper Packrat Trail, Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley, CA.
This Brown Creeper was doggedly picking apart the thick layers of spiderweb and proteinaceous spider silk with persistence, and eventually was able to snatch the crown jewel behind the structure.
Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris
The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) is a small passerine bird also known in the British Isles, where it is the only living member of its genus, simply as treecreeper. It is similar to other treecreepers, and has a curved bill, patterned brown upperparts, whitish underparts, and long stiff tail feathers which help it creep up tree trunks. It can be most easily distinguished from the similar short-toed treecreeper, which shares much of its European range, by its different song.
The Eurasian treecreeper has nine or more subspecies which breed in different parts of its range in temperate Eurasia. This species is found in woodlands of all kinds, but where it overlaps with the short-toed treecreeper in western Europe it is more likely to be found in coniferous forests or at higher altitudes. It nests in tree crevices or behind bark flakes, and favours introduced giant sequoia as nest sites where they are available. The female typically lays five or six pink-speckled white eggs in the lined nest, but eggs and chicks are vulnerable to attack by woodpeckers and mammals, including squirrels.
The Eurasian treecreeper is insectivorous and climbs up tree trunks like a mouse, to search for insects which it picks from crevices in the bark with its fine curved bill. It then flies to the base of another tree with a distinctive erratic flight. This bird is solitary in winter, but may form communal roosts in cold weather.
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Wikipedia: The brown creeper (Certhia americana), also known as the American treecreeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae.
Their breeding habitat is mature forests, especially conifers, in Canada, Alaska and the northeastern and western United States. They are permanent residents through much of their range; many northern birds migrate farther south to the United States. Brown creeper has occurred as a vagrant to Bermuda and Central America's mountains in Guatemala, Honduras and the northern cordillera of El Salvador. Since 1966 the brown creeper has experienced a yearly 1.5% population increase throughout the northeastern and northwestern (Pacific coast) regions of its range. The first breeding brown creepers in the Northwest Territories were detected inn 2008, in the Liard Valley, which may be a result of northern range expansion.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris
The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) is a small passerine bird also known in the British Isles, where it is the only living member of its genus, simply as treecreeper. It is similar to other treecreepers, and has a curved bill, patterned brown upperparts, whitish underparts, and long stiff tail feathers which help it creep up tree trunks. It can be most easily distinguished from the similar short-toed treecreeper, which shares much of its European range, by its different song.
The Eurasian treecreeper has nine or more subspecies which breed in different parts of its range in temperate Eurasia. This species is found in woodlands of all kinds, but where it overlaps with the short-toed treecreeper in western Europe it is more likely to be found in coniferous forests or at higher altitudes. It nests in tree crevices or behind bark flakes, and favours introduced giant sequoia as nest sites where they are available. The female typically lays five or six pink-speckled white eggs in the lined nest, but eggs and chicks are vulnerable to attack by woodpeckers and mammals, including squirrels.
The Eurasian treecreeper is insectivorous and climbs up tree trunks like a mouse, to search for insects which it picks from crevices in the bark with its fine curved bill. It then flies to the base of another tree with a distinctive erratic flight. This bird is solitary in winter, but may form communal roosts in cold weather.
I went to the lake, looking for the usual waterfowl, But this guy started scaling the tree next to me, and gave me some nice shots, albeit lots of motion blur, too!
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Central Park, NYC, NY
One of my favorite birds...
They're so enjoyable to watch as they make their way from the bottom of a tree to its top, picking off bugs and larvae from the bark and branches.
They really are a challenge to capture sharply though, as they move so quickly and don't give me much of a chance to focus and compose :(
So I'm quite satisfied with this shot here...
I have been seeing for the last two days a little dark bird flirting around the backyard near the feeders. Finally he sat still enough to know it was a creeper. First one I have seen here . Isle Lake Alberta.
Another snowy windy cold day here.
First time seeing one on the ground eating pieces of peanuts from the feeder above him. This creeper seems content in spending the winter here. Backyard Birding Isle Lake
Seen at the fence. This creeper grows quite low and you should watch your step. Your feet can easily get caught in the long thorny and looping stems.
Can any of the good people of Flickr confirm this Bird ? - I think it's a Tree Creeper (checked in our books), not a great image sorry, Cropped and it flew off very quickly, but was very close - over a wall !!
Nothing creepy about it... just its name.... It is in fact an adorable little bird... always a pleasure to hear it and see it when walking in the woods.
A Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) searches for small insects in the rough bark of an aspen tree in the mixed woods north of Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.
31 December, 2012.
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