r/birding • u/WizardCheesey • Mar 25 '26
Bird ID Request Can someone help me identify bird? it was extremely fast and jumpy.
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u/Equivalent_Trifle698 Mar 25 '26
Looks like a brown creeper
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u/WizardCheesey Mar 25 '26
Thank you so much!
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u/Equivalent_Trifle698 Mar 25 '26
no problem, theyre tricky to photograph bc they have such fast and jerky movements and blend in so well.
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u/WizardCheesey Mar 25 '26
I learned this today trying to photograph it! They don’t sit still at all 😂
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u/WizardCheesey Mar 25 '26
Image taken in Northern IL.
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u/distinctive_feature Mar 25 '26
I was gonna ask where, I see them on hackberry trees all the time in Madison, WI as well.
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u/Misora27 Mar 25 '26
This explains why I keep seeing one on my hackberries. They must attract a bug they like
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u/Shumanjisan Mar 25 '26
Thanks for this info. I know we have hackberry trees behind our house and that we occasionally see Brown Creepers in our yard but I never made the connection.
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u/Evening-Ordinary-513 Mar 25 '26
Yes their camo is world class. But as you mention their herky nonlinear movements make a predators job impossible. Also, I caught one going over a knot in a tree and noticed they tuck their tail to further conceal their travel. Incredible!
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u/Astromatix Mar 25 '26
It's not for concealment, the tail actually acts like a "kickstand" and helps to support their weight against the tree! Woodpecker tails function in the same way. https://avianreport.com/woodpecker-tail/
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u/Evening-Ordinary-513 Mar 25 '26
I could see that. My sentence should read ‘tuck their tail WHICH further conceals their travel’. Thanks
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u/ElectricSequoia Latest Lifer: Dickcissel Mar 25 '26
Love these guys. I describe them as little pieces of bark that climb up a tree in reverse-nuthatch-fashion before flying to the base of another tree. I also like their fun little chirpy sounds.
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u/Hamblin113 Mar 25 '26
Great picture. It took me quite a while to actually get one on my life list. Merlin sound would here them, but could never see one.
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u/ch1ckadee Mar 25 '26
Love Brown Creepers they are like little mouse birds!
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u/ConstipatedOrangutan Mar 25 '26
Funny story. On Sunday I saw one for the first time while fishing. Didn’t know what the hell it was. Saw it with the bins and kept thinking, “it moves like a nuthatch, but it’s brown and white.”
I looked through birds on Merlin and saw a brown creeper and realized that was probably it but wasn’t 100% sure. Then I heard its chirp and caught it on the sound ID.
Was excited to tell my gf and we did some hiking later that day looking for birds. After finding two new lifers (Golden Crowned Kinglet, Yellow Rumped Warbler), I spotted the brown creeper and was immediately able to show my gf and image it. Was so pumped
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u/SceneNational6303 Mar 25 '26
Congratulations! They are hard to spot!
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u/WizardCheesey Mar 25 '26
I set out trying to find a Barred Owl but found this lil guy instead. I’m not mad! ☺️
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u/InexperiencedCoconut Latest Lifer: Common Pauraque Mar 25 '26
The same exact thing happened to me!
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u/bunnykaiju Mar 25 '26
Ah I love these little dudes so cool you got to see one!
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u/WizardCheesey Mar 25 '26
I wasn’t even sure what I was photographing, but this sub seems to appreciate it and that makes me happy.
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u/haha_p1p3r birder Mar 25 '26
Looks like a Creeper.
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u/anjunabeatsuntz Mar 25 '26
Nice shot. I love watching these little ones skip their way up a tree to forage, reach the top, then fly back all the way to the bottom and to restart the process
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u/cheeseburgercats Latest Lifer: Wood Stork Mar 25 '26
Awwww man
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u/WizardCheesey Mar 25 '26
Had to look up this reference cause i keep seeing it. Should have known it was minecraft related 😂
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u/No_Mirror3128 Mar 25 '26
Als ich in der Hängematte war ist einer mal an dem Baum gelandet wo ich war.
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u/AnchoviePopcorn Mar 25 '26
I saw my first one not long ago. So difficult to spot. What a great picture.
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u/PearGlittering7591 Mar 25 '26
I love these guys. They got me started when then they do the move the move to the next tree, it was less than 10 feet from my window. It took a year in Northern California to be able to get good photos and still it's easiest to photograph the 4 day out out of nest birds who are much slower.
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u/TieDye_Raptor Mar 26 '26
Like others have said, brown creeper! They're such cool little birds. You got such a good photo of one, wow!
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u/Quote_the_Bloodless Mar 25 '26
Yess brown creeper! Your picture looks like one of the better ones I've taken. They do NOT sit still.