Yes, the Virginia Rail is still here, still among the yews along
Independence Avenue alongside the National Museum of African Art,
and still more secretive and rail-like. I saw it on Friday and
this morning, each time early (pre-7:00 AM, on my walk in).
It's also still looking plump and well.
Jim
Jim Felley
Smithsonian Institution
irmss668@sivm.si.edu