Well, an actual Common Moorhen would be extraordinary--only the second
North American record! But I think you meant a Common Gallinule. See
here for more info about the recent split and name change:
http://www.sibleyguides.com/2011/07/new-bird-names-in-the-52nd-aou-checklist-supplement/
(I'm sure you're aware of this Rob--just trying help us break old
habits. Or for the older folks among us (which I guess now includes
me) resurrect old habits!).
Cheers,
Jim Moore
Rockville, MD
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Robert Ostrowski <> wrote:
> This morning, in an impoundment on a private section of the Brown Station
> landfill property, I found a COMMON MOORHEN. I viewed the bird for a couple
> minutes, and snapped a quick photo before it disappeared into the thick
> tangle of vegetation:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/35144142@N04/6019739569/in/photostream
>
> Elsewhere in the county, at Oxon Cove Park along the Potomac, there was a
> nice collection of shorebirds, including:
>
> Semipalmated Sandpiper - 16
> Least Sandpiper - 15
> Pectoral Sandpiper - 1
> Greater Yellowlegs - 1
> Spotted Sandpiper - 2
> Killdeer - 6
>
> On the mudflats with the shorebirds were also two Caspian Terns - an adult
> and a juvenile. In the past week, I've seen two juvenile Laughing Gulls, a
> juvenile Ring-billed Gull, and a growing number of juvenile Least
> Sandpipers.
>
> Rob Ostrowski
> Crofton, MD
>
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