Little Tree Creeper at the Cementary forest

I am always happy when I am able to take some pictures of birds that are usually not so easy to find. The tree creeper is probably not a seldom bird but because of its camouflage color it is difficult to find and take pictures of it. But when you know where to look and are patient enough it is possible to get some nice pictures of this bird. It is usually flying to the ground of a tree and creeps up the bark of the tree from the bottom to the top. Usually it is also going around the tree bark in a circular pattern. They fly to the bottom of a tree, then climb in a spiral fashion searching for prey. The majority of their diet is composed of small invertebrates, including insects and their larvae, spiders, and pseudoscorpions.

Little Tree Creeper climbing the bark of a tree searching for ants and other insects. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Treecreepers are actually very common birds; they’re just hard to spot. Movement gives them away – look for them on tree trunks climbing upwards. Treecreepers are usually loners but in winter they often join wandering groups of long-tailed tits on the lookout for likely food sources. Treecreepers can’t head downwards; their toes aren’t designed for this, so they head upwards, then fly to the bottom of the tree trunk again and start again. Like woodpeckers, they support themselves with their stiff tail feathers. Their tailfeathers help them maintain their balance on a tree trunk

A small bird, well camouflaged on the bark of tree trunks with its brown back streaked with black and white markings. Underparts white, particularly throat and chest. Distinctive longish curved beak.

Tree Creeper inspecting the bark of an old tree. Picture: Florian Glechner.

These birds are amazing climbers. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Their feathers are brown except from the feathers in the front wich are white. Picture: Florian Glechner.