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Tree creepers are so well camouflaged they can be very hard to spot, but their high-pitched calls give them away.
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They creep up trees, as their name suggest, in search of insects and larvae in crevises under the bark. They can even nest behind peeling bark.
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You can clearly see how long their claws are - designed to give them grip as they ascend vertical slopes.
Lovely pics of the Treecreeper Robert
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