Hi, I drove to Hamden Slough today (5/31) to try to relocate the ibis someone reported on the 28th, and although I failed to find that bird, I did get an unexpected look at a Common Moorhen. If anyone would like to look for the bird, the directions are as follows: come north from Audubon on Route 13 to the Hamden Slough Headquarters sign, turn east and go past the headquarters building to the intersection just beyond the lake, turn left, and drive 0.7 miles to a spot with a lake to the left and a small pond to the right. The moorhen was in the small pond, spending part of its time in the open and part hidden in the thin strip of cattails at the pond edge.
Bob O'Connor
