Another Brown Creeper

[Bill Dix]

I have found this to be a very difficult species to photograph. Always in dark woods environments, camouflaged against coarse bark, and often darting up the tree trunk before zipping back down to the next tree to dart up again. In that sense, this frame is a bit unusual, since he is on a rather smooth, slender branch of a multi-stemmed tree. This was taken a few days ago at the now famous Trenton Sewer Plant, where a number of warbler species, kinglets and other small passerines are managing to survive the winter.

D7200, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 2500, 1/2000s @ f/6.3 manual; fill @ -2.0 EV. I cloned out several branches.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Good one, Bill. I like that you captured him at work in the tree trunk, as speedy as he was. Very nice clean and complimentary BG.


Geoffrey

[Karl Egressy]

I agree, one of the most difficult species to photograph. I gave up on it a few years back, still no good shot of it. Well done, Bill.

[Grace Scalzo]

Bill, this is such a tough species to photograph well and you have really succeeded with this image. I have nothing but praise for this image. Simple, clean, sharp, full of interest with the curved beak digging into that groove in the tree. Sweet all the way around.

[Bill Dix]

Thank you Geoffrey, Karl and Grace.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A very well presented image the colours and details are very pleasing, the European tree creeper is equally twitchy , I am still waiting for the opportunity to get a quality image.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks Jonathan.