brown creeper

American  

noun

1. creeper7

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brown creeper British  

noun

1. Also called: bush canary.  a small bush bird, Finschia novaeseelandiae , of South Island, New Zealand

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Example Sentences

A sharp-eyed birder spied a brown creeper, a tiny bird that inches along tree trunks, eating bugs.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2011

The summer food of the white-breasted nuthatch and the brown creeper, for example, includes the eggs, larvae, and adults of a very large number of insects injurious to trees.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

“You have just heard the sound of a brown creeper and a common yellowthroat!” he told us.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

In late fall this band is often joined by the golden-crowned kinglet and the brown creeper.

From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by Burroughs, John

Think what virtue there must be in an ounce of gnats or mosquitoes, or in the fine mysterious food the chickadee and the brown creeper gather in the winter woods!

From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by Burroughs, John