Find the Brown Creeper

Lately, there has been a number challenges posted where we are supposed to find a cryptic animal. An orange cat in fall colors, insects that look like flowers, and there's even a game of "find the nightjar". Here's mine. The Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) is one of my favorite birds because they are so, um, not cute but cute and I always thought myself lucky when I came across one. Not only are they cryptic they're also relatively quiet. They creep like woodpeckers with their body vertical and close to the tree trunk. These are not as difficult as the nightjars but one of the more challenging birds to find in Pennsylvania.