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Personally, distincting an Eurasian Treecreeper from a Short-toed Treecreeper is a challenge for me. That is why the description of both of them is of the same contents. According to literature an Eurasian Treecreeper most commonly appears in Europe and Asia, while a Short-toed Treecreeper, more thermophilic, inhabits Europe, specifically its Mid and Southern part. Fundamentally, they differ by the length of the rear claw and it would be best if they simply sat beside each other to make the task that much easier. I assume that the Short-toed is more common in Europe, that's the reason for my qualification of this species. Because Treecreeper does not migrate during the winter, time of impoverishment of the species in the forests, we can focus our attention on it. It is interesting to photograph the Treecreeper in a frost of a dozen degrees. Silence, it almost squeals through your ears, no sounds and in such surrounding you can hear almost piercing scratching on a bark. And as the crackling frost strenghtens voices it also strenghtens our notion of what is out there, sitting in the woods. Pupils expand, not sure if it's from concentration and looking out or from dread. And here sits a little, 10 grams cleaner, cleaning the bark from insects. In such conditions, with subtle moves, it is not even worth masking. After a while in the frost a Treecreeper ought to reward our sanguineous nose. Let's hope the battery and the camera's body will hold...
Last minute news 04/2016
Finally, I have met an Eurasian tree-creeper for the second time. I had the opportunity to watch short-toed tree-creeper many times, unlike with an Eurasian tree-creeper. This second encounter took place during the three-toed woodpecker’s photo session in the vicinity of Białowieża.
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