After spraining my ankle pretty badly, I couldn't physically get out to 
see Fred's Common Moorhen until this morning. I found it in the same 
spot that Fred described. This is the second Moorhen in the county this 
year, which is amazing because they are so hard to find, despite them 
being possible breeders. Arctic Tern and Common Moorhen in the same 
week...way to go Fred!!

While at the pond, I also had a flyover Great Egret and a juvenile 
Little Blue Heron being harassed by a Red-winged Blackbird until it was 
forced to leave the pond.

Location:     Schoolhouse Pond, Upper Marlboro
Observation date:     7/9/10
Number of species:     24

Graylag Goose (Domestic type)     15    est
Canada Goose     15
Mute Swan     1
Wood Duck     16
Mallard     26
Mallard (Domestic type)     1
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Great Blue Heron     5
Great Egret     1
Little Blue Heron     1     http://www.flickr.com/photos/35144142@N04/4776642913/
Turkey Vulture     2
COMMON MOORHEN     1      http://www.flickr.com/photos/35144142@N04/4776652615/
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Acadian Flycatcher     2
Eastern Phoebe     1
Red-eyed Vireo     1
American Crow     3
Barn Swallow     25     est
Tufted Titmouse     1
Carolina Wren     3
Gray Catbird     1
Northern Mockingbird     1
Common Yellowthroat     2
Northern Cardinal     6
Red-winged Blackbird     20     est
American Goldfinch     2

Robert Ostrowski
Crofton