Nuthatches & Creepers

3 species

All groups

Brown Creeper

Brown Creeper
Certhia americana

SmallCommon but easily missed

A piece of bark that moves. Probably the most overlooked bird in the refuge, and it
is not rare at all.

Year-round Trunks of large trees, especially furrowed bark Its call is recorded in the field guide
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Red-breasted Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis

TinyCommon

A small, compact bird that moves down tree trunks head-first — something almost
nothing else does.

Year-round Conifers; trunks and larger branches Its call is recorded in the field guide
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White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis

SmallUncommon

The larger nuthatch, and a bird of big deciduous trees rather than conifers.

Year-round Large deciduous trees — oaks, maples, cottonwoods Its call is recorded in the field guide
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