Thanks to SI for sending this classic city squirrel: “It’s eating a chicken wing…”

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Thanks to Courtney for sending: “I think (from the help coworkers) might be a Hercules beetle in dc??? Dupont Circle specifically.”

Yesterday someone else also tweeted us a beetle but I think it was just a regular stag beetle. Is there an entomologist in the house who can identify this one?!?

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Thanks to FT for sending: “It’s just a pigeon but it sure stands out on a smoky National Mall.”

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Thanks to Art for sending: “There’s a roseate spoonbill at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. Very rare for our area.”

***If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


*yes, yes, which is good. We know.

Thanks to Ben for sending last night: “seen in Rock Creek Park this evening — a 2 foot snake keeping dry on Rapids Bridge”

***If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


Thanks to Emily for sending: “Snake in the water. No idea what kind. Taken from the little bridge in Rock Creek by Van Ness Mausoleum.”

If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.


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