#certhioidea

[2851/11080] Cuban gnatcatcher - Polioptila lembeyei

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Certhioidea Family: Polioptilidae (gnatcatchers)

Canyon wren (Catherpes mexicanus)

Brown creeper at Ohio River National Wildlife Refuge (via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region)

Birders with sharp hearing skills are most likely to discover a brown creeper -- the tiny birds are so well camouflaged that you have to be very lucky to see one by chance! But they are actually somewhat common in our woods, where they spiral up the trunks of trees foraging for food. Listen for their piercing call, then look for a little piece of bark shaking in the wind!