Louisiana Waterthrush

Written By: Highlands Plateau Audubon Society | Issue: 2016/06 - June | Photograph By: Ed Boos, Photographer

(Parkesia motacilla) This surprising warbler frequents forest streams during the spring and summer in Appalachia. It sports a white eyebrow, “buffy flanks, and sparse brownish streaking on white underparts.”  Its call is a sharp “chip” and its song is loud two to five descending whistles followed by a jumble of notes.