Thanks to Laura for sharing this masterpiece.

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 Jesse for sending: “Seen by East Building of NGA on 11/9. Earl was drawing quite the crowd.”

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 Kevin R Kosar

If you’d like to challenge the PoPville record for monster fish caught in D.C. please send a photo in an email to [email protected] and let me know where you caught it.

Thanks to Kevin for sending:

“31-pounder from the Tidal Basin. The five-year old gives you a sense of the scale. It was like hauling a tire from the water—an angry one.” (more…)



Photo by PoPville flickr user quemac

From AlertDC:

“The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Freeze Watch for the District of Columbia, which will be in effect from 2AM-9AM, Saturday, November 2, 2019.

– Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 degrees are possible.

– Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. (more…)


Thanks to Tracey for sending: “Hope this snake currently wiggling itself down the sidewalk on 20th St in Kalorama Triangle isn’t venomous!”

Anyone recognize what type this is?

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 Friends of the White Whale Society.


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