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Louisiana waterthrush

April 15, 2026 by Dave Bonta

A freakishly warm breeze lightly seasoned with rain. The sun appears and disappears at random. A Louisiana waterthrush calls from the first bend in the creek below the spring.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags Louisiana waterthrush, rain, stream
April 9, 2024 by Dave Bonta

In the half-light, a Louisiana waterthrush’s jumble of notes. The sky is nearly clear. Peonies are raising red hands out of the earth.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags dawn, Louisiana waterthrush, peonies
May 15, 2022 by Dave Bonta

A Louisiana waterthrush declaims from a walnut tree, bobbing up and down as is its wont. Up in the woods, a chipmunk ticks like a too-fast clock.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags chipmunks, Louisiana waterthrush
April 19, 2021 by Dave Bonta

Sun and clouds; turkey and turkey vultures. A waterthrush sings all ‘round the yard, bobbing up and down on his perch.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags Louisiana waterthrush, turkey vultures, wild turkey
April 8, 2013 by Dave Bonta

Back from migration, a Louisiana waterthrush sings above the trickle of a stream. Chickadees excavate a den hole in the dead cherry stump.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags cherry tree, chickadee, Louisiana waterthrush, stream 1 Comment

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On This Day

  • June 2, 2025
    Cold and crystal-clear, before the high-altitude smog from the burning forests of Canada shows up. On the end of a walnut limb, chipping sparrows are mating and foraging with their usual enthusiasm.
  • June 2, 2024
    Heavily overcast and cool. Several deer are running back and forth in the woods, giving me glimpses of their red summer pelts. A thrasher sings a few bars and falls silent.
  • June 2, 2023
    Fire sirens wailing through the gap. A hummingbird comes to the spray from my garden hose, his gorget redder than any flower.
  • June 2, 2022
    Overcast and cool. A red-bellied woodpecker lands on a rotten maple, witters softly and turns her head, listening for the telltale stirrings of breakfast.
  • June 2, 2021
    Four goldfinches take an intense discussion all around the yard. Two squirrels travel together much more slowly—must be mating season again.

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