Wading With Waterwings describes the unusual water ouzel, a bird that swims underwater using its wings as oars and can walk on the riverbed to find food. The author notes the bird's odd habits, such as building nests made of living moss behind waterfalls and constantly bobbing up and down. The essay contrasts the water ouzel's unique features with the concept of "Mother Nature" and gradual evolutionary change. It suggests that attributing such complex adaptations to a slow, incremental process over vast periods is illogical. The author uses the water ouzel's specialized behaviors, such as swimming without webbed feet and instantaneously adjusting to the medium of water, to argue against purely naturalistic explanations. Instead, the author implies the bird's existence points to a designed creation. The essay concludes that worldly philosophy is confounded by the existence of such a bizarre bird.