This was a first. We were hiking at Charleston Falls Preserve one day last week. I thought I saw a woodpecker but after a closer look I quickly realized it wasn't. What I photographed was a Brown Creeper.
The creepers behavior is descried on Wikipedia, which really was visible when we saw this cool bird:
Brown creepers forage on tree trunks and branches, typically spiraling upwards from the bottom of a tree trunk, and then flying down to the bottom of another tree. They creep slowly with their body flattened against the bark, probing with their beak for insects. They will rarely feed on the ground. They mainly eat small arthropods found in the bark, but sometimes they will eat seeds in winter.
Very cool bird and thankful to see one on this warmer December day.
~ Rick
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