photo by Brian Wee
Thanks to Brian for sharing this awesome pair of red-tailed hawks in Rock Creek Park.
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 K. for sending: “Be careful in Tregaron. It was the middle of the day!”
Not the first Coyote sighting in Tregaron and Coyotes are definitely trending in general recently!!
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.
From the National Park Service:
“On Sunday, May 14, an off-leash dog attacked a wild beaver in Rock Creek Park near Boulder Bridge. Due to the severity of its injuries, the beaver was euthanized. The National Park Service (NPS) reminds visitors that dogs must be on a leash no longer than six feet in Rock Creek Park and other local national parks at all times—it’s the law.
Keeping your dog on a leash keeps everyone safe, including your dog, park wildlife, native plants and other park visitors. Federal regulations require all pets to be always on a leash no longer than six feet: (more…)
Like the White Whale, this guy has been spotted a few times…
Thanks to Julia for sending: “saw this guy on 17th at Decatur in Crestwood. It was prob about 6-8 inches long and my guess is that (more…)
Thanks to Claire for sending: “Spotted in Franklin Square. Not pictured, a man snapping a picture with a disposable camera.” (more…)
Thanks to Kevin for sending from Crestwood. He says his friends are split 50/50 on this one. We have had lots of coyote sightings recently so I’m going with that. You guys?
To the video! (more…)
Thanks to Laura and Martha for sending from Petworth: (more…)
Thanks to Lakshmi for sending from Mount Pleasant: “can readers confirm is this a black-crowned night heron?”
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.
“Dear PoPville,
Jogging in rock creek park around 330 Sunday I saw a group of people crowded on boulder bridge looking down into the creek at a beaver that wasn’t moving. Word going around was that an off leash dog had attacked it about 20 minutes earlier. (more…)
[Shudder] C. captures this casual buffet at the Gallery Place metro last night.
Ed. Note: On May 1st we noted that Gallery Place had fallen.