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Photo by PoPville flickr user Ryan Brevard

Ryan catches this carnage in the shadow of the Washington Monument.

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey around town, lunching or otherwise, please send a photo and 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.

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Ryan Brevard


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Thanks to Kate for sending:

“This hawk was sitting in our Star Magnolia tree in Cleveland Park on Sunday afternoon.”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey around town, lunching or otherwise, please send a photo and 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.


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“Maybe too far away to tell, but in person I was certain that’s a hawk! 10th and E NW – about 1pm yesterday.”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey around town, lunching or otherwise, please send a photo and 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.

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“Spotted in SW DC outside the Waterside Towers Apartments on 6th Street by Arena Stage. Unbothered by anything but watching everything.”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey around town, lunching or otherwise, please send a photo and 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.

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Photo by Guillermo Esteves

Thanks to Guillermo for sending:

“Cooper’s hawk seen outside the Vox Media office on Connecticut Avenue, near Dupont Circle.”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey around town, lunching or otherwise, please send a photo and an email where you spotted it to [email protected]. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


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“This boss hunted a pigeon in the alley behind our house and enjoyed his lunch on the tree outside our balcony!”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey around town, lunching or otherwise, please send a photo and an email where you spotted it to [email protected]. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


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Awesome. Mark writes: “This lovely beast was watching us make coffee a few days ago. Literally 3 feet away on our balcony. We often see hawks hunting pigeons here in the trees and skies above Roosevelt High School in Petworth.”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey around town, lunching or otherwise, please send a photo and an email where you spotted it to [email protected]. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


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Photo by Yuri Huta

“We had a hawk visit us in June in our Tenleytown neighbourhood.”

Ed. Note: Holy mackerel.

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey around town, lunching or otherwise, please send a photo and an email where you spotted it to [email protected]. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.

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Photo by Scott Stafford

Scott writes:

“Fort Bayard Park (AU Park in NW DC), along the border with Maryland.

Here’s a merlin eating what I have decided must be a Junco, atop a tree in Fort Bayard.”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey around town, lunching or otherwise, please send a photo and an email where you spotted it to [email protected]. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


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