Thing the Second: White-Breasted Nuthatch
Spotting #: 2/100
Location: Fullterton Woods, Oak Brook, IL
Species: White-Breasted Nuthatch
(stupid leaves in the way of a really cool shot)
So, nuthatches and creepers are really similar birds in both shape and behavior. The easiest way to tell them apart - mostly - is by watching them on the trees. Creepers will *always* go head down and around in a circle. Nuthatches will travel in any direction, their heads going the way they're going.
So, of course, I happen to catch a nuthatch that's going down the tree, head-down. Which led to me researching creepers for far too long before I realized it wasn't one. *sigh*