Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

eBird provides this descriptive information for the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper:  Very small woodcreeper of evergreen forest in humid tropical lowlands and foothills. Creeps up trunks, often in spirals, picking at the bark for food, then flies low to another tree before hitching upwards again. Forages on fairly large trunks as well as slender trees. Often travels with mixed-species feeding flocks. Note the short, wedge-shaped bill and pale buffy breast spotting.

I saw my first Wedge-billed Woodcreeper at Blackrock Lodge on the early morning of November 22, 2024.  I stayed three nights at Black Rock on my own, since my group from The Texas Ornithological Society had to cut our trip to Belize short due to complications with Tropical Storm Sara.  I saw this bird early on my last full day at Black Rock, as it worked a tree up the hill from the main lodge building.  Here are some of the photos I took that morning.