Fortuitously, this morning I looked out a back window and saw a small bird flit down from a viburnum to a small patch of snow. I grabbed my bins in time to see a Brown Creeper poking at the snow. First time I’ve seen that behavior.
Chuck Hundertmark Lafayette > On Feb 2, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jeff > Thanks for your post. Creepers going to the ground is something that happens > on occasion. At Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins the things I think they > are getting (when they let me figure it out) are hackberry gall-making > psyllids, ants, maybe spruce seeds and melted water/snow/ice. Because their > normal foraging pattern is to fly to the bottom of a tree and spiral upward, > I think they notice things on the soil near the base of said trunk and get > sidetracked opportunistically. The water acquisition activity is no doubt > premeditated. > > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 2, 2021, at 6:59 AM, Jeff Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dippers have been singing a lot in the last week or so along the Big >> Thompson River. Part of the river is iced over, but there is still alot of >> open water. We seem to have a couple pairs in our area. >> >> I watched a Brown Creeper creeping across the ground for about 10 yards at >> my home. There is probably a lot of seeds from weeks & feeder spill in that >> area. But I've never seen them on the ground before. They have always been >> on trees, which is expected. Anybody else seen this? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/68e246ea-ce72-47cc-aaec-1f8e4458c069n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/68e246ea-ce72-47cc-aaec-1f8e4458c069n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB3763B4962A96A4E711B25934C1B59%40CY4PR0601MB3763.namprd06.prod.outlook.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB3763B4962A96A4E711B25934C1B59%40CY4PR0601MB3763.namprd06.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/A4B273DD-26D4-415B-A8DF-9D87AC139259%40gmail.com.
