brown creeper
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
“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
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
A single glance upward revealed that this was another of the silent migrants,—a brown creeper!
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
Let me explain, also, that when I call the brown creeper a silent migrant I am not unaware that others beside myself, and more than myself, have heard him sing while traveling.
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
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