Photo by Petworthian
Been a while since we had an awesome hawk falcon sighting. The destruction is epic. Video from Saturday is not for the squeamish:
There's a beautiful hawk having brunch in front of the Columbia Heights Giant. @PoPville pic.twitter.com/n5jU2uCvv6
— Andrés Almeida (@andresdavid) March 12, 2016
Photo by Andrés Almeida
courtesy @StateDeptOES
From a press release:
“The event [Wildlife Spotlight @State] will conclude with – a first for the State Department – projected images of wildlife, including many threatened species, on the Harry S. Truman building’s C Street façade. The visual event is in partnership with Discovery Communications, Vulcan Productions, and the documentary film Racing Extinction. The goal is to raise awareness of, and spur action on the global threat of wildlife trafficking. Members of the public are able to view the projection show starting at 6:20 p.m. at 22nd Street [between C Street and Constitution] in front of the State Department.”
“Dear PoPville,
We live in Shaw and take care of an indoor/outdoor cat. We found this plump old possum occupying the cathouse when I went to wake up my cat this morning. He looked pretty comfortable and didn’t give up the warm new digs very easily. Animal Control suggested we scare him off with loud music. It just seemed lull him back to sleep though. I guess city possums don’t mind loud 90’s hip-hop at 7am?”
hahaha awesome. Of note: I didn’t know cathouses were a real thing. Two, these thing terrify me. I’m heading to the Tiki Bar stat!!
Thanks to Ben for sending:
“Hey @PoPville there’s a visitor in front of our office at 17th and L.”
Thanks to AZ for sending us what has long been rumored but has finally been captured on film – the “U Street Hipster pheasant. Spotted outside of Velvet and El Rey.” The recent street chicken phenomena has reached a whole new level. Godspeed my sweet street birds!
Jacob reports this guy was spotted in the 700 block of Decatur St, NW Tuesday afternoon. Though a bit hard to tell in this photo, from the markings it appears this chicken runs with the same crew as the NPR Street Chicken. If you encounter a street chicken please email [email protected] immediately and whatever you do – do not lock eyes with the chicken.
previous Fox sighting in Meridian Hill Park last December
From the Cleveland Park Listserv one resident reports:
“Yesterday [Sunday] in Tregaron Park, the grounds of the International School, along the fenced boarder of the back yards of the houses along Macomb St., the first block west of Connecticut Ave., a fox attacked my dogs as we were walking them along a trail. Then the fox turned on me! This is unusual behavior for a fox and indicates that it may be infected with rabies. I alerted animal control, and brought my dogs in for a rabies booster, but have not yet heard from them.”
Another reports:
“And I also saw a fox (there may be more than one) on Woodley Road and the corner of 36th about 10 days ago, plus our neighbor on Woodley (behind Tregaron) reported that her cats were bitten by a fox 2 days ago–which sounds like it might have been Saturday.”
and another:
“I saw the fox twice on Saturday, ranging in the backyards between Newark and Macomb Streets starting at the west end of Ross Place and going east about 6 houses. It was yipping and stood its ground rather than running when I appeared. This fox it isn’t just confined to Tregaron.”
Thanks to a friend of mine for sending from H Street, NE. She says there’s a dead pigeon and another dead big bird, guessing it might be an eagle since there are police involved and a crime scene.
“Dear PoPville,
My friend walked into Prego liquor store on 17th tonight and this happened….
She reports:
Nobody will ever believe this. I just went to the wine store and this critter was napping on the ATM. The owner was freaking out, totally scared and though it was a rat. The owner tried to hand me a pair of gloves and promised me a free bottle of wine if I’d chuck this thing out the front door. I couldn’t do it, but this other guy did. Funniest thing I have ever seen in my life. The owner of the store gave the Opossum Whisperer a six pack of Stella for his efforts!”
Far more terrifying than our new overlords in Shaw.
Photo by PoPville flickr user Beau Finley
A reader writes:
“Wondering if anyone caught a photo of a Bald Eagle flying over Bloomingdale?”
Ed. Note: Haven’t gotten any new eagle photos but Phil did capture this great shot of a hawk flying earlier this month:
Photo by PoPville flickr user Phil