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This Short-toed Treecreeper [Certhia brachydactyla] is very hard to spot against the bark of a tree due to it's perfect camouflage. As I was standing under this very tree I could shoot it against the clear blue sky. This bird starts from the bottom of the tree picking insects out of the bark and climbs its way up in a spiral around the tree. When it reaches the top it flies back down to the same or a different tree as it can't climb upside-down like a Nuthatch can...