Temperatures for the first half of the month of January were far above normal. It seems like the readings have avoided the extremes of both warmth and cold; many days were of what we would call mild.

This profile of a Brown Creeper tells the story of this species. The color and pattern of the feathers allow it to blend in with the bark of a tree almost perfectly. Also note the exaggerated size of ...

They’re described variously as “pieces of moving bark,” “long-tailed scraps of brown,” and “tiny dry leaves blown by the wind.” We’re talking brown creepers, birds easily overlooked but fascinating to ...

The brown creeper is a hard bird to track down. As its name suggests, it is a brown bird that spends much of its time creeping, in this bird’s case along the brown bark of a big tree. This makes the ...

Bird migration has been going on in the Northland since the days of late summer in August. When these early migrants of swallows, shorebirds and warblers moved on, they were replaced by raptors: the ...

It is challenging to find information on the Brown Creeper. This small, secretive bird has not been studied as intensely as many of our other songbirds, but it is fascinating and deserves our ...

I love to visit the oak woodlands at any season. There’s always something going on, between migratory birds and the year-round presence of titmice, chickadees, jays and white-breasted nuthatches. This ...

I can’t remember the first one I saw, but I am quite sure it was early on in my years at Quarry Hill, so somewhere in the ’80s. That means I had gone through almost 40 years without seeing or even ...

There's a sinister air about the name Brown Creeper. It evokes thoughts of the villains in comic books and films. He might be the nemesis of the Green Hornet, or the archrival of Spider-Man, lurking ...