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 ...

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 am always interested in the unsung hero or the rulebreakers of nature. The kind of critter that is common, yet no one seems to pay any attention to them. Or the bird who is so common throughout 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 ...

Listen carefully on your next woodland walk, and you might hear a hint that a seldom-seen Michigan songbird is nearby. The brown creeper is a secretive bird whose dappled brown-and-white coloring ...

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 ...

You may have never seen a brown creeper in your backyard. But if you have a fair number of trees, it is likely one of these well-camouflaged birds has been creeping about without you knowing. Brown ...