I was thinking American Woodcock since they have been popping up so  
many places this fall.

Cortez Austin

Upper Marlboro, MD
On Nov 11, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Jim Boughton wrote:

> John Kelly's column in the Washington Post this morning has an amusing
> anecdote about his cabdriver spotting a small brown duck-like bird  
> crossing
> 15th St. NW. The story ends with a (presumably tongue in cheek)  
> suggestion
> that it might have been a kiwi!  My wife and I concluded that it  
> sounds like
> a Virginia rail.  I recall that one was spotted near the African art  
> museum
> on the mall a few years ago.  The column didn't say where on the  
> 15th St. it
> was found.  Maybe Jim Felley could keep a lookout?  Anyone else?
>
> Best,
>
> Jim Boughton and Lesley Simmons
> Chevy Chase MD
>
>
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