If you're a birder, you'll know what a life list is. It's basically a list of all the bird species one has observed and positively ID'd in one's lifetime. This blog is a record of my "critter" life list (mostly of birds), including photos I've taken over the years, some of the actual lifer if I was lucky enough to get the shot. Don't expect National Geographic quality stuff here, just the work of an amateur photog who loves to trudge out into nature.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)

7/28/02 Meadow near Round Valley, Mt. San Jacinto State Park, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Brown Creeper

SPECIES: Certhia americana

FAMILY: Sittidae (Nuthatches)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/28/2002

LOCATION: Meadow near Round Valley >9,000' elevation. Mt. San Jacinto State Park, Riverside County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

BEHAVIOR/HABITAT: Like a piece of bark come to life, the creeper creeps up tree trunks and major limbs, bracing itself with its stiff tail feathers. Reaching the top of one tree, it flies down to base of next. Often common but easily overlooked, may join flocks of chickadees and nuthatches in winter.

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 5"; Streaked back, pale eyebrow, rusty base of tail. Behavior unmistakable. 

VOICE: High, reedy tseeeee. Song a thin high series, tee see teesyew, seee. Pattern varies. 
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