<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This was sad for me to hear. I too am very fond of Brown Creepers. I have seen one frequently this month. I too have never seen more than one at a time until last week when I saw two climbing a large Red Oak. From the house I was only able to get a photos of one because by the time I focused the other had gone its merry way.<div class="">So Don there is hope for you that another will appear shortly.</div><div class=""> Mary Ann Lino Lakes<img apple-inline="yes" id="E0F8AA60-5F63-4E9D-8D43-EFF15B1071D0" src="cid:069D1017-BA16-492C-9AB4-D678018C37FD" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="4CDF3D30-BFF3-4FD7-9AE9-220C67BA3DB8" src="cid:C8ECBD3F-0C8F-4A26-B32A-24BE03A3FC8B" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""></div><div><img apple-inline="yes" id="B7ABEDDA-3DEF-475D-A25D-8B020B9F11CB" src="cid:CD7631EA-33C9-4C39-ABD3-85A122100173" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 15, 2022, at 4:21 PM, DONALD GRUSSING Owner via Mnbird <<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" class="">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class="">A brown creeper, one of my favorite winter birds, died this afternoon along side the walk that runs from the driveway to the front door of my home. It was not there when I left the house at 1:15 pm, but was there when I returned at 3:45. It did not appear to have been attacked or killed by a predator. Just there, very visible, on top of the snow. I delight in seeing this obscure species every day at my suet feeder on the trunk of an oak tree. I even make sure some tiny morsels are squished into the bark to make it easier for them to find food. They also go onto the ground to pick up the tiniest bits that fall from the aggressive pecking of the other suet feeders.</div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">I usually just see one at a time. We shall look to see if there are others.</div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">Don Grussing</div><div class="">Minnetonka</div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Mnbird mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" class="">Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a><br class="">http://mail.lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird_lists.mnbird.net<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>