Breeding Location:
Mountains, Marshes, freshwater, Swamps
Breeding Type:
Monogamous, Solitary nester
Breeding Population:
Fairly common
Egg Color:
White with red brown flecks
Number of Eggs:
4 - 8
Incubation Days:
13 - 17
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Twigs, moss, conifer needles, silk, lined with shredded bark and feathers.
Migration:
Migratory
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Overview
Brown Creeper: Small, tree-clinging bird with brown-streaked upperparts and white underparts. White line over eye and long, decurved bill are conspicuous. Legs and feet are pink-buff. Feeds on insects, larvae, nuts and seeds. Strong direct flights of short duration on rapid and shallow wing beats.
Range and Habitat
Brown Creeper: Breeds from Alaska to Newfoundland and southward to the western and northern U.S. Spends winters in breeding range and south to the Gulf coast and Florida. Preferred habitats include deciduous and mixed woodlands.
Breeding and Nesting
Brown Creeper: Four to eight white eggs, lightly speckled with red brown, are laid in a cup of shredded bark, feathers, sticks, and moss, usually built against a tree trunk behind a peeling slab of bark. Incubation ranges from 13 to 17 days and is carried out by the female.
Foraging and Feeding
Brown Creeper: Diet consists of various insects, seeds, and some nuts; also come to feeders for suet. Usually forages by creeping along trunks and branches like a woodpecker.
Readily Eats
Cracked Corn, Sunflower Seed, Nuts
Vocalization
Brown Creeper: Call is a high-pitched, lisping "tsee", while the song is a tinkling, descending warble.
Similar Species
Brown Creeper: None in range.
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