They are actually found right here in Wisconsin pretty much all year around. In reality the Brown Creeper is a type of bird, but a very unique bird as well. It is a small bird that clings to trees similarly to a nuthatch or woodpecker; with a mottled brown back that camouflages it with tree bark, making it difficult to spot.
Their bill is thin and curved - perfect for finding insects under tree bark. Brown Creepers take a liking to evergreen forests or mixed evergreen/deciduous forests. Brown Creepers spend most of their time on main trunks or major limbs of trees, using their tails to brace themselves kind-a woodpecker like. They tend to spiral up the trunk of a tree, poking their beaks into the cracks in the bark.
One very unusual habit of the Brown Creeper is the fact that after they get to the top of a tree, they fly down to the bottom of the next tree and start all over again at the bottom. We can learn a neat bible truth right here. Just as the Brown Creeper has a brand new fresh start on a new tree, we human kritters can have a brand new, fresh start - when we give our hearts to Jesus Christ. The Bible calls it born againputting behind our old life and beginning a brand new life in Chr ...
