Video of Brown Creeper Creeping

Problem solved. Here is the video I took yesterday.




Aww...after viewing it on my blog, I was disappointed that it is not nearly as clear as it is on my hard drive. Oh well, at least it is finally posted.

Red-winged Blackbird

I couldn't get a good shot, but at least this time I got a picture showing that the red-wing blackbird came back--with two signs of spring in one picture. That is a pussy willow tree (Salix discolor) that the bird is perched in.

This morning, I woke up and could hear the birds. One sounded familiar; I assumed it was the red-winged blackbird's song. I hope to learn to recognize birds by their calls. There must be a website out there that allows one to learn to match the bird with its song.

Wow, as I type, I looked out the window and can see the brown creeper again!

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Just got back from taking a video of the brown creeper. If I find the cable that will allow me to transfer it to the computer, I'll upload it as a new post.

Although I sort of thought of this blog as my journal, I've already posted things out of order, and I will likely be doing it again. This past week or so, I've been under the weather. When I have had the energy, I've worked outside and did a few things that I've yet to post about. Hopefully, I'll go through the pictures I took and post about my recent projects. At least the red-winged blackbird and brown creeper have motivated me to post again. :)

Brown Creeper Picture

I have tried to include pictures in almost every post.  Lately, I've uploaded a couple posts without picture, I'm sure it will happen from time to time.  Luckily, after spotting the brown creeper and posting about it, it returned.  This time I grabbed a camera and was lucky enough to get one fairly good shot.  (I'm not including the several more blurry ones I took.  I really need a better camera!)

Brown Creeper

This morning, some movement caught my eye on the tree outside my kitchen window.  It was a small bird the blended almost perfectly with the color of the tree bark.  As it crept up and down the trunk, I knew I'd seen a picture of one before.  In my bird book, on the same page as the nuthatches (just as I remembered, I found it:  a brown creeper.  ~smile~  I was thrilled to see one live and on my own property too.