Creepers, Nuthatches and Wrens

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Creeper/id

BROWN CREEPER

-White under-parts

-Curved bill

-Stiff tail feathers always rested against tree

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-breasted_Nuthatch/id

WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH

-White face and chest

- Black cap

 

 

 

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-Breasted_Nuthatch/id

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH

-White face and chest

- Black cap

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown-headed_Nuthatch/id

BROWN HEADED NUTHATCH

-Brown head

-White back

-Gray wings

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House_Wren/id

HOUSE WREN

-Dark brown body

-Tan underside

-Brindle look to feathers

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Carolina_wren/id

CAROLINA WREN

-Brown body

-White chin

-White streak above eye

- Protruding tail feathers

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/marsh_wren/id

MARSH WREN

-Upright tail feathers

-Black back with white stripes

-Brown under-parts with white chest

-Black cap with white stripe above eye

Ecology: 

CREEPERS 

•Family – Certhidae

– the brown creeper is the only North American tree creeper

•Inhabit forests in the northeastern and western United States, including Canada and Alaska

•Diet consists of small insects, spiders, other invertebrates that are found on tree trunks and branches

•To forage it “creeps” from the bottom of the tree and spirals upward and uses its beak to probe for insects.

–Flys to the bottom of the next tree and continues the cycle

 

NUTHATCHES  

•Family –  Sittidae

•Small passerine

•Consumes insects, nuts, and seeds

•When foraging on the tree trunks, nuthatches can climb trees upside down and side ways with ease

•They advertise their territory by loud, simple songs

•Occupy forests and mountains and nest in holes or crevices 

 

WRENS 

•Family – Troglodytidae 

•Diet consists of insects, spiders, and small arthropods 

•Wrens can be found in North and South America, primarily in dense vegetation and build dome shape nests 

•Depending on the species, wrens can be monogamous or polygamous 

•They have short wings and some can hold their tail directly upward