[mou] Carolina Wren seen again

[Bill Bruins]

This morning I was able to compare the size, bill shape and 
coloration of a Carolina Wren and a Brown Creeper while the wren 
wolfed down meal worms and the creeper picked its way over the bark 
of the oak tree.

At a glance, one could be confused for the other but if the eye 
lingers, they are easily identified. Of course, behavior is the first 
obvious difference even though bill shape is similar. The white 
eye-stripe of the wren, the rufous color of the back and buff of the 
breast quickly make it obvious this is not a creeper, even though the 
bird is clinging to the side of the oak.

It was fun watching the wren move quickly from feeder to feeder, as 
it usually does, trying suet, sunflower chips, peanuts, peanut 
butter, and what ever else we have out in our feeders. We have some 
chopped pecans out for the wren but it has to compete with chickadees for them.

  Bill

O. William (Bill) Bruins
1538 11th Avenue NE
Rochester, MN 55906-4213
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