While May is the traditional start of snakes falling out of trees season, it is not uncommon to spot rat snakes in June. Fear not, they pose no threat to humans. Also, they eat rats which is good.
Nathalie writes: “should I be concerned about snakes in dc on playgrounds?” (more…)
Well this is a first. Thanks to Jon for sending from Bloomingdale.
Friends of the White Whale Society is brought to you by the team behind Last Christmas Tree in Town.
Thanks to Molly for sending: “The photo is terrible, but my friend and I saw this really cool crow near 10th and Florida. Its not sunlight on the wings, It had black and white feathers! Almost like a Magpie, but I didn’t think Magpies lived around here?”
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 NK for sending us off into the weekend perfectly with this hawk around town. Gonna be quite different from last year I imagine. Have fun and be safe!
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 Nick for sending a shot of our friend “munching a cicada” this morning.
Friends of the White Whale Society is brought to you by the team behind Last Christmas Tree in Town.
Thanks to Ted for sending “We’d spotted this barred owl pair’s roost near Meadowbrook Park a few weeks ago and had been watching them come and go and call to each other in the late afternoon/evening. Last weekend when one adult left the nest a new face appeared: the fledgling! Sorry for the zoomed in phone pics, an adult was perched watching us in the next tree over and I didn’t dare get any closer.”
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 Sarah for sending this spectacular sighting from Eastern Market: (more…)
From the National Mall NPS:
“A North American river otter is a rare sight around the National Mall. Once eliminated from the area, the species is on the road to recovery. Though they are cute & playful, you otter remember that they are wild animals & never get too close.” (more…)
Thanks to Jessica for sending a nice shot of Gladys, above, who’s really been getting around Columbia Heights lately.
And thanks to Cornelius for sending (more…)
Thanks to Julia for sending from the National Mall this morning. And Jim catches one at the Capitol: (more…)