[Leica] IMG: Brown Creeper

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Last weekend's family activities left little time for my usual sort of
> photography but I did find in a forested park for an hour or so, where I
> photographed a Brown Creeper:
> 
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/certhiidae/brcr00.html
> 
> Technically this is not one of my best, I'm posting this photo because I'm
> excited that I got ANY picture of the bird.  The Brown Creeper is a tiny
> perpetual motion organism: starting at the bottom of a tree it spirals up 
> the
> tree at full speed while searching crevices for insect snacks; reaching the
> upper parts of the tree, the creeper then drops to another tree to repeat 
> the
> process.  Lighting in the forest is dim, the spiral climb puts the bird 
> out of
> range in a matter of seconds,  and there's really no telling which tree the
> bird will drop to next.  Most photos were deleted due to subject motion.
> 
> technical stuff: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8, ISO 800, 1/180 sec @ f/6.8
> 
> All comments welcome.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 


Is this the first time this type of  bird has ever been photographed?

I thought I had a good memory for birds but this one its like its just been
invented.
A very efficient looking living thing.
A ball with a beak.

Gorgeous!



Mark William Rabiner
markrabiner.com