In a message dated 5/1/2006 12:54:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, hoplerjrda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: If it was a whitish form Northern waterthrush, wouldn't that make it a Louisiana waterthrush? There is a whitish form of Northern Waterthrush - see for instance Sibley's Guide to Birds page 449. The bird that I saw had white flanks and heavy dark streaking. Wendy Ealding