spotted creeper

This bird was very hard to see against the bark of the trees on which it foraged. It never stayed still as it actively searched for insects in the bark, spiraling its way up the trunk and along the larger limbs, and then flying to the lower part of an adjacent tree to repeat the behavior. I...

The only tree-creeper in the region; always seen creeping along large tree branches and trunks. Much smaller than woodpeckers or wrynecks.