4th and Rhode Island Ave, NE

Thanks to Melissa for sending from Edgewood over the weekend.

Explains the urgency of the vote on the Little Brown Bat Official State Mammal Designation Act of 2019 a bit more.

Update: Or possibly Chimney Swifts?

If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.

Thanks to Fiona for sending this morning “this morning at New Hampshire Ave and Park Road, NW. Bald eagle came and picked up a dead rat and flew away!”

Neal sends (maybe the same one?): Read More

Thanks to Andrew for sending from Wesley Heights: “10 pointer! His drinking buddy had already moved down the alley.”

If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.

So many awesome hawks I’ve been meaning to share: Read More

Thanks to Dean for sharing this great capture above. And thanks to Eddie for sharing “this Nessus Sphinx Moth (Amphion floridensis) at the National Cathedral.” Read More

Unfortunately no updates on elote missing from Petworth. Anyone know what type this guy is?

Thanks to Ben for sending: “This morning a snake was crawling up the French ambassador house fence in kalorama.” Read More

Thanks to Eddie for sending these awesome shots: “This handsome red-tailed hawk was scaring the ducks at Constitution Gardens.” Read More

Thanks to Shosh for sending from Columbia Heights.

If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.

Thanks to Andrew for sending: “Caught this hawk hanging out on our fence in Hill East. First time we’ve see one in our neighborhood.”

If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.

Thanks to Pooja and Adam for sending their great haul from Columbia Heights!

Please send your hauls to [email protected] and let me know what neighborhood it was grown in. Entries will be accepted through Labor Day weekend.

Thanks to Soozles for sending: “I saw this ringneck snake in Rock Creek Park near Military Rd. eating a salamander.”

If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.

Photo by Katherine Altom

Thanks to Katherine for sending from Capitol Hill: “found this guy checking out his local snack bar”

If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.