Short-toed treecreeper

The short toed treecreeper is a cute little bird that is looking for food on the barks of trees in the forest. I was very happy when I took a picture of this bird some years ago and also this year in spring. This bird is one of the birds that is most of the time running up and down on several trees to look for some prey but they don't fly so much. As a small woodland bird with cryptic plumage and a quiet call, the short-toed treecreeper is easily overlooked as it hops mouse-like up a vertical trunk, progressing in short hops, using its stiff tail and widely splayed feet as support.

Treecreeper running up a tree. Picture: Florian Glechner.

This is another bird on my List that I want to complete, I want to take picture of as many bird species as possible for me. I still need to create a document with the species I already took a picture of, with the help of this document I can concentrate on the species that I still miss and go to special places where they can be found. On the most birds I still have to do some research when and where to find them but I think patience is a good thing here. I don't have stress.