Birds Identified: Brown Creeper
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Brown Creeper has these characteristics:
- Hopping or climbing
- Smaller than robin
- Bill long, as long or longer than head
- Mostly brownish, or with many brown streaks or spots
- Streaks (long spots)
- Underparts plain
- Head stripes or bands
- North summer (June through August)
- South winter (November through February)
- Wood habitat
- Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Bounding flight
- Smooth, clear calls (can be imitated by human singing voice or whistling)
- High or thin song (high pitched and weak; lisping, sizzling, or hissing quality)
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org