Awesome. Thanks to John for sending: ” Bald eagle spotted eating on telephone pole in alley behind N St NW near 5th St on the morning of the 25th.”

Some other Bald Eagles recent sightings here.

If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.



Ed. Note: OH. MY. God.

Thanks to Michele Banks for sending: “I went to Franklin Square yesterday morning (9/27) and managed to get a snap of all three white squirrels, so they are surviving, despite the tree carnage.”


“That was MY HOUSE”

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4th and Rhode Island Ave, NE

Thanks to Melissa for sending from Edgewood over the weekend.

Explains the urgency of the vote on the Little Brown Bat Official State Mammal Designation Act of 2019 a bit more.

Update: Or possibly Chimney Swifts?

If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


Thanks to Andrew for sending from Wesley Heights: “10 pointer! His drinking buddy had already moved down the alley.”

If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.

So many awesome hawks I’ve been meaning to share: (more…)


Thanks to Trina for sending from near the National Cathedral.


Photo by Michele Banks

Thanks to Michele for sending: “I’ve been looking for Princess Byelochka at Rose Park for weeks with no luck, but I spotted a n00b! So small and white. This is Babybel, photo from Rose Park, Georgetown, 8/29”

If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


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