| The moorhen and coot are too inconspicuous as they lurk under the reeds, or swim hurriedly across the open water. |
| At the same moment that I startled this brood out of the rushes a moorhen swam slowly out, accompanied by her mate. |
| Do you enjoy bird watching? You can contemplate the moorhen wade quietly in the water. |
| Other birds I saw near the pond were coot, moorhen, purple swamphen and a few Gray Wagtails walking around near the water. |
| It was a Hawaiian stilt, which like the duck, moorhen and coot, is a federally endangered species. |
| But whatever Gargi's other misdemeanours, he has not yet been seen to eat a moorhen. |
