You won't find these forest birds hunting for food on the ground or in the air but on trees. They help keep trees healthy by eating parasitic larvae of wood-boring beetles, among a variety of other insects. Creepers - Order Passeriformes, Family Certhidae![]() NPS Photo Brown Creeper Nuthatches - Order Passeriformes, Family Sittidae![]() © 2012 Marie-Chantal Landry Red-breasted Nuthatch Woodpeckers - Order Piciformes, Family Picidae![]() Crow Vecchio photo Hairy Woodpecker ![]() © 2008 Ron Wolf Northern Flicker ![]() NPS Photo Pileated Woodpecker ![]() Crow Vecchio Photo Red-breasted Sapsucker
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Last updated: January 15, 2021