As the trees grow in our wilding areas so too do the bird populations.
We are in Illinois, just about 100 miles South of Chicago and many of our birds fly South for the winter.
And now they are coming back. And this tiny brown and white speckly bird, about 4 inches long I think (though he does not stop moving) has decided the glass house has the best food.
He spent all yesterday hunting in there. He never stopped moving about – not once – very difficult to get a shot.
He catches big fat flies on the wing and gobbles them up.
I am going to keep todays post nice and short as the last two days of posts have totally disappeared (something that has never happened before) and I need to get to work finding them.
It takes a good two hours to make a post and that does not include working on the images so losing TWO posts is just no good.
Weather
Always with the weather – even in a short post we need to note the weather.
Stormy
Stormy.
Stormy.
“Nuff said.
Join me in the Lounge of Comments.
Talk soon
Celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
40 responses to “Do you know what This Bird Is?”
Stormy here with high winds and wild rain, even some hail! So my internet may be on and off!
The weather forecast did not look good for your area. Take care.
It looks like a sparrow with a long beak
A very long beak right? And it walks up walls!
Yes and probably a longer tail. A very clever bird!
Maybe a finch? Or some sort of sparrow? Fun little video! Stay warm!
He is a fun little bird and not afraid at all!!
I think he may be a brown creeper. I Googled him.
Me too! That’s what he looks like to me. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Creeper/overview
I agree. We see them in the trees behind our house. They fly down to the base of a trunk and creep up looking for bugs in the bark. Then, they fly down to another trunk base. Repeat. 🙂
Determined birds I’d say. We don’t have them here that I know of. I’m PNW- WA. At first I thought perhaps a nuthatch but that beak is different as well as the coloring. Apparently nut hatches travel down tree trunks looking for bugs unlike the creeper who goes up! I love bird these interesting bird facts 🙂
Birds are pretty amazing. I love creating environments for them.
Though so many simply migrate through here so I never get to see them for long!
Where you you Kim? (State) maybe this fella is on his way to you! Or – is it migrating? Maybe it will stay.
Thank you! Good googling. I looked quickly this morning but this one has a white breast and I could not find him! Plus I thought you all may know better than me anyway. Anything creeper sounds about right – he literally walks across the walls!!
Or a tree creeper? Maybe the same thing? UK!
That would be interesting- comparing birds across the world.
Not sure what the bird is, but it looks like a savvy hunter!
He is an excellent hunter! I wish I could invite him into the barn!! I hope he has a mate and some chicks coming along!
The daffodils give me hope. Thanks!
Yes! Those little daffs! This summer I need to dig all mine up once they are finished and re plant them. They are getting further and further under the trees!
I’m behind. I was glad to see Mr. Flowers in full flower the other day.
I’m also glad to see other human members of your community so eager to identify your insect-catcher bird today.
Appreciate your comments on the weather and point of reference. It helps me to visualize the larger setting.
Type your zip code in this https://birdcast.info/?utm_campaign=bird%20academy%20general&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=226343642&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9iDdOFju4RaHx3nR9_3beFE91Wf1Ay05kRnPueE_YdQcYP3ODRR5sONLR1Vy7RB51Vxva-mQL60JM5ezYWJXa7xLrJNg&utm_content=226213803&utm_source=hs_email It maybe a migrating bird
Great info right there – thank you Lynda!! I wonder where he might be migrating to! He will be flying on a full belly that is for sure! He is a very efficient insect killer!
I find that so interesting. I was surprised that we even have Snipes traveling through our area.
I looked through my bird book and the brown creeper does look a lot like this one, small 4 3/4″ long, a long beak, brown with spotted back. The only thing is that it shows it creeping up a Tree trunk and mentions the stiff points on it’s long tail used as a brace when creeping along. Since it is small in size it could be a juvenile bird that starts out spotty like that and then loses those spots as it matures and grows bigger.
Oh! You have a bird book! I am going to remember that!!!
Interesting info about the tail. The way it crabs along the wall makes more sense now.
So it must be a baby! – my comments are just not sticking today! Time to move to a more robust platform!
Something has changed with your blog…several posts back – your post would load on my main page – I would tap it (phone) and read it. Several posts ago – I tap it, then have to tap the ‘kitchens garden’ site and go to that to read it. Your last two posts (the ones you say are missing), both show up on my main page – I tap them, then tap again to go to the kitchens garden site and it says there are no posts on that site. 🤷♀️This post does load on the site.
Not sure if I’ve explained that well.
You have explained it perfectly well – I am having the same issues. This site has become too big for its britches and things are breaking.
Within the next two weeks we will be swinging across to a new platform and my expectation is that all these silly problems will go away. We made this site so long ago and it is now so HUGE – so much data that to save it I am having to upscale. So much to learn and so much to do!
I will be in touch after we switch – to make sure you came across with us. Thank you for letting me know! c
New platform? Are you leaving WordPress? (gasp)
Yes – actually – the data here is just too big for my level of wordpress now but never fear – we take wordpress with us and we have a plug in that will allow everyone to comment – no matter the platform – so I am assured. it is A THING!
I have successfully used Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab
Definitely a brown creeper (Certhia americana) Range over the entire US and into Canada – Even the PNW and WA. They can be difficult to spot in a forest or even on a solitary tree since they look so much like the bark. If there are some mature trees they might stay around. [https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/brown-creeper] [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Creeper/id] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_creeper]
Perhaps a juvenile Spotted Flycatcher see at https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/spotted-flycatcher-gm95937699-6691937
Brown creeper for sure. Voice is a single high thin seee. Song is a thin sibilant (great word) see-ti-wee-tu-wee or see-see-see-sisi-see. Repeat that the times quickly! Wish I could post pics from my bird book.
I sent this to a couple of my friends who are expert bird watchers and they’re pretty confident it’s a brown creeper.
Thank you so much!! Great to know – and thank you for introducing your friends to the kitchens garden!!