It’s always nice to be able to see a Louisiana Waterthrush in spring! I consider it a great start to the warbler season if I get one, and I’ve been lucky with them, the last few years in Milwaukee County. They are usually one day birds here, which makes them even harder to find. On Friday, one was found at Lake Park in the waterfall ravine, during the morning. I left work around noon, but by the time I got there, it was already gone. I checked both lighthouse ravines and the waterfall ravine again, nothing. In the meantime, a friend was heading to the locust ravine. He text me to say had it. I headed over there and it was feeding in the water running into the sewer grate. We sat on the road and watched it feed for about 40 minutes, right in front of us. A few people would walk through the ravine, and it would fly up, but always returned to the water within minutes. It was not seen on Saturday morning, which is usually the case with them. I’m not sure if this is a female or first year bird, but it was rather buffy in color and the legs were not quite as “bubblegum pink” that is usually found on them. The feet were bright though. Pictures below are from Friday afternoon. Enjoy!
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Great Shots! Thank you.
You are welcome, thank you!
I didn’t know it’s usually a one day bird here! I walked through each ravine on Saturday looking for it. Thanks again for sharing your great photos & details about the birds behavior!
The last 5 that I’ve have seen and 3 that were reported that I did not go and see, only stuck around for the day. You are welcome, thank you Tracy!
In a lifetime of Birding, I’ve never seen one of these.
Sher