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JUST IN: I have a report of 3 Chickens on the loose on Reno Road. This is not a drill

By Prince Of Petworth

A reader sends from the 3700 block of Reno Road, NW near Rodman Street. It’s hard to tell from the photo but there are reportedly three of them. I’m told they seem peaceful (unlike their crazy cousins. However, if you are a chicken owner in Cleveland Park (or the nearby area, wait can chickens fly? wherever you are) – please check on your chickens.

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.

Friends of the White Whale Society Presents – Feeling Frisky

By Prince Of Petworth

Friends of the White Whale Society is brought to you by the team behind Last Christmas Tree in Town. You can email your sightings to [email protected]

Thanks to gusb_draws for sending above: “Making more white whales??

And thanks to M for sending: “I know squirrel mating isn’t really a romantic act, but they look so in love in this picture that I just had to share it.” (more…)

Today* in Hawks*** around Town

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to CD for sending: “Check out this sly fox I just met while checking out the cherry blossoms in Lower Senate Park (me, not him/her… though quite possibly both of us as it is gorgeous out there).”

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.

“upon closer inspection I concluded it might, in fact, be a humongous rat, or some sort of blasphemous rat hybrid”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

On my walk home yesterday night while on New Hampshire Ave. near the intersection with Georgia Ave., I spotted the monstrosity. My first inclination was that it was some sort of marmot or beaver that wandered far from home, but upon closer inspection I concluded it might, in fact, be a humongous rat, or some sort of blasphemous rat hybrid. (more…)

Today* in Hawks around Town

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to Adam for sending from Dupont Circle: “beautiful hawk parked themself on our fire escape.”

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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