The Creeper

C saw this little bird lying in the snow on the deck this morning. I It probably had stunned itself by flying into the deck?s sliding glass door. I picked it up carefully and determined it was still alive, so we put it in the breadbasket with a jar of warm water, and placed the basket on the front porch rail.

I went back inside to get ready for my petanque game and returned for another look at the bird a few minutes later -- just in time to see it hop onto the rim of the basket, and after a quick thank-you look in our direction, fly away.

I almost forget to mention that the bird was a Brown Creeper. Creepers creep up tree trunks in a spiral motion, probing for spiders and insects in the crevices of the bark. They use their long stiff tail feathers for support.