TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Splendid Brown Creeper Brown Creeper- Certhia americana Brown Creeper- Certhia americana, Order Passiformes, Family Certhiidae, Subfamily Certhiinae. For several days now, Brown Creepers have been frequenting our backyard on McCoy Road in Oxford, Ohio. Photo: February 20, 2006, Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital camera with 500mm f/4.0 L IS lens

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.