Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Brown Creeper


Common Name: Brown Creeper

Scientific Name: Certhia americana

Range: Breeds from Alaska east to Ontario, and southward to the Gulf Coast. 

Habitat: The Brown Creeper lives in mixed forests, conifers, dense swampy forests with dead trees.

The birds forage by spiraling upward from the base of the tree toward the branches, then flies to another tree and begins again. Brown Creepers are inconspicuous but fairly common.

Birds of Oklahoma. Web. 22 Feb 2011.
      http://www.birdsofoklahoma.net/

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