Thanks to Betsy for sending: ” Well not exactly a white whale, but a nice two tone.”

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Shoshana also caught a peek of this beauty: “a black squirrel and check out it’s hot tan tail. In Tenleytown.” Read More

Thanks to Keith for sending: “I caught this guy peeping at me in Oak Hill Cemetery.”

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: “Almost stumbled upon this nearly 5 foot long black snake on the streets of Georgetown…… too exciting!”

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 Emma for sending from the Iraqi embassy during the open houses last weekend. Just an absolutely stunning photo of that parrot we’ve been peeping lately.

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 Charles for sending: “Here’s a beaver spotted on the C and O Canal in Georgetown.”

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 Laurrita for sending above: “This hawk was spotted near my home in Capitol Heights, Maryland”

And thanks to Dianna for sending below from District Heights MD.

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 Thomas for sending: “Manor Park, this morning. Not bothered by the rain. No roadrunners to be seen.” Read More

Ed. Note: If you see a swarm please call or text the DC Beekeepers Alliance  at (202) 255-4318 or email [email protected]

Thanks to April Thompson for sending:

“Another Day at the Blue Plains Bee Orphanage

Of the many precious resources Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant captures, orphaned honeybees probably aren’t top of mind. Yet tucked behind behind the Bloom blending pit, a row of brightly painted hives serve as home to recovered bee colonies that produce a few hundreds of pounds of award-winning honey per year. The hives were installed five years ago under the auspices of the DC Beekeepers Alliance, with the help of registered beekeeper Chris Peot, DC Water’s Director of Resource Recovery.

As Peot explains of the photo above, “It is swarm season, as the hives transition out of the winter. In the fall the bees breed siblings that can live 5 months – the rest of the year they live an average of only 42 days. A healthy hive will begin breeding short-life workers as the weather warms, and sometimes they get overcrowded. Read More

Thanks to Nate from SE for sending (videos after the jump): “Anacostia Turkeys!”

photo by eric.trefney

Thanks to Eric for sharing this awesome photo: “I met the infamous turkey that has been chasing cyclist around on the anacostia trail in DC! He was definitely not happy to have his picture taken but he knows how to strike a pose. If you see this turkey, give him space, he’s just guarding his territory, let him gobble at a distance.”

Videos of the rafter: Read More

Friends of the White Whale Society is brought to you by the team behind Hawks*** around Town. You can email your sightings to [email protected]

Thanks to G. for sending this great series from Capitol Hill: Read More