We also saw the Common Moorhen today although it was in the cattails to the
right if you were on the central stopping place on the boardwalk. Others
saw it there about 1 pm and we saw it around 2 pm (thanks to the naturalist
from Huntley Meadows who got it in a scope and pointed it out to everyone!)
It stuck around for maybe 15 minutes and then disappeared in the reeds. It
hadn't been seen again when we left an hour or so later but probably came
out again later. Bottom line is it could be in any of the cattail patches
near open water.
Lucy Uncu
Falls Church
