wildlife

Thanks to Judi for sending:

“These are ten little turtles that I saw sunning themselves on a log after all those miserable rainy days we had recently. Photo taken from the small bridge on Rock Creek Parkway, between the ramp up to M Street and Virginia Avenue.”

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 Jake for sending:

“I saw this big guy last Saturday on the 8th fairway of the rock creek golf course.”

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.

photo via National Parks Service

Oh my God, thanks to Paul for sending from the National Parks Service Facebook on May 22:

“Yesterday we spotted a northern copperhead in East Potomac Park. Although they are infrequently seen at the National Mall, they are common in the Nation’s Capital. Copperheads are known to expand their home range this time of year in search of mates. They are the only venomous snakes in the city, but their bites are rarely fatal; if you see one, remain calm and move away slowly. Like all wildlife in national parks, the copperhead is a protected species. And with up to 80% of their diet consisting of rodents, copperheads provide a very valuable service in controlling those populations in the park!”

Hopefully they don’t start falling from the skies.

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 Tony for sending from in front of the EPA building.

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.

And will melt your heart!! Not the Dupont ducklings but still pretty swell. Thanks to David for sending from 12th Street NW at the Mall.

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.

“Dear PoPville,

There is a mother duck sitting on her eggs right at Connecticut and M (in the little triangle between the streets). Once they hatch, there’s no way they’ll all be able to walk to water with all the traffic. Any thoughts on how we can report this and help the mom and her future ducklings? Thanks!”

Contact City Wildlife?

12th and Constitution back in 2015

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.