Thanks to H. for sending this medium sized cat rather large “RAT”:

“The rats of Dupont Circle remain undefeated.”

To the video! (more…)


Thanks to DC Haggis for sharing this beautiful trio of turkeys over the weekend:

“On the south side of the Douglass bridge in Anacostia park, besides a red-shouldered hawk there were other hawks around town.”

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 Libby for sending from U Street:

“We had a beautiful hawk in the backyard yesterday that had just caught a mouse. A mix of gross and fascinating.”

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.



photo by Jim Havard

Thanks to Jim for sharing from Hill East:

“News from Capitol Hill: Monarch that ate an entire stalk of milkweed and then spun her chrysalis in our back garden about to emerge as butterfly.”

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 Sarah for sending: “Beaver at the Jefferson Memorial side of the tidal basin tonight!”

*I know the beaver is just being a beaver but the cherry blossoms!!

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.


Ed. Note: We’ve previously had sightings/debates here and here, also in Edgewood.

Last night Rebecca asked around 7:30pm: “huge swarm of bats nearby Edgewood Rec Center?!?”

Rebecca later followed up: “CHIMNEY SWIFTS! I asked an expert bird friend. They did, in fact, all dive into that chimney together!”

Vera Marie replied: “My friends thought these were birds; coworkers thinks bats. This was around dusk at the neighboring rooftop a few weeks ago” (more…)


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