Two weeks or so ago I posted about seeing a Brown Creeper at the Ballard
Locks, what I didn't add was I saw one again the next three days, and the
last day I could hear many more calling. After that none. The locks are
only a stone's throw * from Discovery Park, I wonder if it was the same
group? Does Anyone know the travel patterns of Brown Creepers?

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Cliff Drake
Seattle WA
cliff at cliffdrake.net

* Well, I doubt if even Shoeless Joe Jackson could throw a stone that far,
but it's close.





At 03:17 PM 8/31/2003 -0700, MaryK wrote:
>Late this AM I took a little stroll along the Wolf Nature Trail at Discovery
>Park in Seattle. What a cool little trail! Takes you into a forested area
>w/a typical Puget Sound understory, deciduous and evergreen trees, a little
>stream, and a kind of boggy area. This wasn't really a "birding" trip, more
>of a meander thru the woods, but you know how that goes, you can never stop
>birding.
>
>Anyway, what really surprised me was the number of calling Brown Creepers.
>It sounded as if there were five or six spread along the trail, and all of
>them kept up a pretty constant racket. It was a lot of fun to watch their
>flit down, creep up behavior. Anyone know if what seemed to be a large
>number of creepers in a relatively small area is common? Don't think I've
>ever seen/heard so many at one time.
>
>Other birds, in no particular order:
>
>Anna's Hummingbird
>Swainson's Thrush
>Song Sparrow (singing!)
>Black-capped Chickadee
>Chestnut-backed Chickadee
>Spotted Towhee
>Bewick's Wren
>Winter Wren
>American Robin
>
>A short but enjoyable walk and list of birds seen.
>
>MK