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“Spotted this guy right outside our window near Dupont Circle.

We were watching him for about ten minutes before he readjusted and we saw he was carrying a huge rat (which he then started to devour.)”

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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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“Tuesday morning, this hawk slammed a pigeon into our dining room window with such force, it sounded like a basketball hit the window! Here’s a picture of it, along with one of the poor pigeon. Columbia Heights!”

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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Thanks to a reader for sending from Silver Spring: “Spotted this Peregrine Falcon outside of our window on the 16th floor.”

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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“Here’s picture of a sharp-shinned hawk I took this week in my backyard in Brookland. It often visits my bird feeder in search of house sparrows.”

If you spot a hawk or 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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Smart hawk. Thanks to Stacey for sending: “Friendly neighborhood hawk on the 1400 block of Columbia Road”

If you spot a hawk or 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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“2800 block of 29th St NW”

If you spot a hawk or 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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Ollie via Smithsonian’s National Zoo

In other Woodley Park wildlife news:

“We have not found Ollie yet. There were no sightings overnight. If you do spot her please call 202-633-7362.”


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Thanks to Emily for sending these awesome shots from Meridian Hill Park.

“I think its a juvenile red tailed hawk who was definitely snacking on something while I was watching.”

If you spot a hawk or 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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“Quincy Pl NE Alley. Watching like a hawk.”

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“We took this pic out of our kitchen window on capitol hill on Sunday morning.”

If you spot a hawk or 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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