One of the tiniest winter birds that visit Arkansas is the brown creeper. It lives and breeds in Canada, Alaska, and the western mountains of North America and Mexico, but in the winter they move south from the most northern part of their range and downhill from the highest altitudes.
They have white breasts and mottled backs that blend in with tree trunks. You will see this bird spiraling or creeping up the trunks of trees. Both of its feet hop at the same time, and once it has crept to the top of a tree it flies down to start from the bottom of another.
Even though it’s winter, they will find small insects and spiders within the bark of oaks, hickories, and other large trees with deeply furrowed bark that are habitat for the most insects. If you put out suet, creepers may visit your suet feeder. For more information about brown creepers, google “Audubon brown creeper.”