[Birdtalk] Brown Creeper basking behavior?

[Stephen Peterson]

Interesting.

This is what I found on BNA:
Response To Predators
Adults became silent and “froze” with bodies pressed tight against bark in response to call of Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus),
landing of Green Heron (Butorides virescens) in nest tree (Davis 1978),
and red squirrel jumping onto nest tree (CKG).
An adult near a nest also froze in the presence of a nearby human (McClelland 1975).

Stephen
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> Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 05:52:00 -0600
> From: ryan at biology.usu.edu
> To: birdtalk at utahbirds.org
> Subject: [Birdtalk] Brown Creeper basking behavior?
> 
> A week or so ago I saw a Brown Creeper climbing the tree in my front
> yard.  Twice it stopped, pressed its body to the trunk, and splayed out
> its wings and tail.  It would stay in this position for maybe five to
> twenty seconds and then proceed foraging up the trunk.  It only did this
> in the sun, and the sun was bright and warm that day, so I assumed it
> was basking, but I don't know.  Maybe it was displaying for a potential
> mate, or trying to maximize its camoflage.  Any thoughts?  Here's a
> photo:
>  
> http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/BRCR.jpg
>  
> -Ryan
>  
> Ryan P. O'Donnell
> Department of Biology and the Ecology Center
> Utah State University
> 5305 Old Main Hill
> Logan, UT 84322-5305
>  
> http://200birds.blogspot.com
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