Anyone know what the deal is with this massive group of birds that swarms around 11th and K-ish every single day around 5PM?? @PoPville @capitalweather?? pic.twitter.com/0oTLy5yD8I
— Rachel Carlson (@carlrachelson) November 26, 2019
Art D. dropping the knowledge: “Starlings. It’s called a “murmuration”. They do this to get food and/or evade predators.”
Thanks to Agnes for sending this great shot.
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.
Photo by Jamie Sycamore
Whoa. Thanks to Jamie for sending this spectacular photo which just might be my favorite from 2019. Wow.
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.
Thanks to Chris for sending: “This beauty lives at Deal Middle in Tenleytown.”
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.
Thanks to Katrina for sending: “On my morning jog I ran into this guy dining on a squirrel for breakfast. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the dramatic shot of him diving in for the kill, but it was quite impressive.”
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.
Thanks to Brendan for sending from Poplar Point. Either the toughest or dumbest turkeys in town…
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.
Thanks to Sarah for sending: “outside my classroom window @ Graduate School USA.”
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.
A reader sends this horrifying sight from Brightwood Park: “Dead rat on my engine. My car smelled like dead rat. Got stronger when the heat went on. Found this.”
Thanks to Philip for sending.
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.
From the National Parks Service:
“To protect and restore native plants and promote healthy and diverse forests, Rock Creek Park is announcing its deer management window of operations starting Nov. 20, 2019, through March 31, 2020.
Extensive safety measures will be in place to protect park visitors and neighbors during operations. Biologists, who are also highly trained firearms experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will be working under the direction of National Park Service (NPS) natural resource management specialists and in coordination with U.S. Park Police and local law enforcement to conduct reduction actions at night when the park is normally closed. (more…)