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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...