Bird Watching: "On the Waterfront" - Part 6, 1 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
Thank you all for your nice comments. And, Resin, thank you for the ID on the Osprey. Actually, I thought only the female had the brown necklace but I just learned that, as juveniles, both sexes have the necklace on the upper breast.

I'll take a short hiatus from posting more Osprey photos and post a few other species recently encountered. For some, the Common Moorhen (formerly Florida Gallinule and later, the Common Gallinule) is probably quite common. But here in Maryland it is considered rare to uncommon. They are rarely seen because they are quite secretive and usually in thick vegetation. One had been sighted at Schoolhouse Pond in Upper Marlboro, MD so I thought I would take the 45 minute drive and see if I could locate it. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack but I eventually was successful. It has been hanging out with a family of Wood Ducks. I had hoped for a better photo but sometimes you have to accept what you get.