“Dear PoPville,
Is this a wolf? I went for a hike in sugar loaf Sunday and saw this guy. I read that there are no wolves in Maryland” (more…)
wildlife
Dylan asked: “Bug people of DC…any idea what these hornet/wasp looking things are? They look a lot like murder hornets.”
Lots of folks knew straight away: “Harmless Cicada killers. (Well, harmless to humans at least)”
And now for some live action: (more…)
Thanks to Maggie for sending: “I spotted a luna moth chilling on the grass in Walter Pierce park”
If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
Thanks to Sara for sending from Rock Creek Park. (more…)
Thanks to M for sending from the State Department:
“heard some clawing outside my office window and saw this guy!” (more…)
Thanks to Meg for sending from “Stadium armory, 18th and Independence SE!”
Ed. Note: Back in May a river otter was spotted in the Tidal Basin. So maybe just taking a tour around town?
If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
via USDA from wikipedia
This was a serious Public Health Service for those of us who don’t read who don’t read newspapers. Thank you for sharing this information!
— Fish is for punks (@fishisforpunks) August 8, 2021
I was losing my mind but read about it in one of our rant/revels. Oak mite bites are truly truly awful. The Post reported:
“The incessant, shrieking sounds of cicadas may no longer be afflicting the Washington region, but experts say the insects may be bringing a new nuisance — oak leaf itch mites. And they bite.
These microscopic mites are feeding on the billions of cicada eggs produced across the D.C. region and dropping out of trees. If you happen to be under or near these oak trees, those mites may land on you and bite.”
If you want to see what one looks like, Haley shares one of hers: (more…)
Thanks to Monica for sending from West End: “I mean who doesn’t want pizza for dinner on a statute?!”
If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
Thanks to Joe for sending:
“The Washington Monument just re-opened and we went up on Sunday morning. Look what we saw up there – a praying mantis 500 feet in the air. How’d it get up there? No clue but the ranger thinks it might have been carried up there by a hawk that they sometimes see up there.”
If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
Thanks to D for sending from Shaw.
If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.