Bob Mauritsen, fellow tweetsters,

Yesterday I reported Brown Creepers on my weekly Green Lake (Seattle) count.
Bob asked where they were seen.

For the past few weeks three to five Brown Creepers (family group?) have been
quite reliable north of the Aqua Theater (that concrete grandstand at the
southern corner of Green Lake).
>From the Aqua Theater, walks north along the fenced-in area. Continue north
past the parking lot (or if you park there, head north). The gravel path will
carry you in between fence and a line of (I believe) Black Walnut trees. The
Brown Creepers hang out on the Black Walnut (outside the fence), the various
trees just inside the fence or across the street (west) on the Lower Woodland
Park hillside, in the trees behind the patches of blackberries.
You may have to go as far north as the sign that asks pedestrians to turn
around (instead of walking on Highway 99; believe it or not some people are
so desperate to jog, they'll risk their lives out there...).

They have been reliable in the morning hours (usually I'm there before 11 AM).
Listen for a mixed feeding flock with Junco's, kinglets, chickadees. But
sometimes the creepers are by themselves.

Good luck,
Martin Muller, Seattle
martinmuller at msn.com