( CNN ) It was like a scene out of `` Make Way for Ducklings '' on Tuesday on a rainy street in Washington . CNN Situation Room correspondent Brian Todd and photojournalist Khalil Abdallah were on their way to interview a legal analyst on L Street NW when they happened on a brood of baby ducks causing a stir . Abdallah reports the ducklings and their mom had crossed heavily trafficked street , and some restaurant patrons stopped on the sidewalk to corral them . A man gave up his umbrella for the cause `` while the mom was going crazy . '' `` One duckling tried to run back to the street but they caught it in time , '' Abdallah said . The mother duck followed the umbrella while pedestrians stopped cars on L street for them to safely cross the road . The Washington Post reports the pedestrians took the bird family to `` a more enclosed grassy area '' at 16th and L streets NW . ( Yes , baby ducks warrant two national news stories . ) `` We thought it was an extraordinary situation , '' Todd said . `` You see pigeons , you see squirrels , you see the occasional raccoon in the D.C. area , and ... you see deer ... We 've never seen anything like this in the middle of town . ''
Bystanders stopped to rescue a lost brood of ducklings in Washington Tuesday . CNN 's Brian Todd and Khalil Abdallah paused to capture the scene .