Louisiana Waterthrush

About the Louisiana Waterthrush

A warbler that lives like a sandpiper - walking the edges of clear, flowing streams, bobbing its rear end constantly, and singing a loud ringing song that carries over moving water. It is among the earliest spring migrants of all warblers, back on Texas creeks by March. Told from the very similar Northern Waterthrush by its bright bubble-gum pink legs, whiter eyebrow that widens behind the eye, and its strict preference for running water. Louisiana Waterthrushes are excellent indicators of stream health, thriving only where the water is clean enough to hold abundant aquatic insect life.