BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
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CALIFORNIA CREEPER 
The Creeper is a strange little dweller 
of the dark trunks of the evergreen trees. 
In color, form, and size, it reminds one 
of a Wren. Having previously heard the 
name, anyone who sees the bird even for 
the first time, will know it. It truly 
creeps up the tree as it searches the cracks 
for insects. 
This is the middle of December and the 
weather is clear and cold. I saw Creeper 
today. Up the tree trunk it went with 
that queer, jerky, creeping movement; 
its little head bobbing at every length. It 
worked patiently upwards, never down¬ 
wards. 
Photo hi/ the Author 
NEST OF CALIFORNIA CREEPER 
The tree was a tall hemlock and the 
first branches were about sixty feet from 
