Thanks to Eli for sending: “It’s not a Hawk, but in all my years in DC I’ve never seen a turkey vulture eating a huge rat. Spotted in the alley behind my house in Brookland.”

If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


Thanks to Ryan for sending this beauty: “Up in Rock Creek Park on the pedestrian only section of Beach Drive near Wise road, I was able to take a few pictures of this Belted Kingfisher.”

If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


Thanks to Rebecca for sending Sunday morning around 11am in the Tregaron Conservancy.

If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


photo by Ron Cohn

We’ve got a rafter!! Thanks to Ron for sharing from “the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge. DC East of Anacostia River.”

If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


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