As long as I can remember, I have been told and believed that the nuthatch is the only bird in Sweden that can go head first down a tree trunk. I was therefore surprised and excited when I saw a short-toed treecreeper going both up and down with its head first!
Someone hinted that I might just have turned the picture upside-down to create the impression that the bird is going head first down. First, I would never ever do anything like that and secondly, I am just as surprised as the rest of the area of Ornithology, but unfortunately I have no picture of the whole tree, but the picture below shows a bit more of the environment and to me, it is obvious that the tree creeper is going down head first!
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Heads up and feet down is preferable for human beeings. But learn from birds is intelligent!
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