Thanks to @jkhedgepeth for sending: “Turtle sighting in Rock Creek Park” Read More

Photo by Amari

Geri asks: “What is this? Seen on 17th Street, NW.”

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 Jackie for sending: “I got turned around looking for the metro when exiting the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail last Saturday, and wound up behind RFK. I saw something run across the path ahead (far left under the F awning). Huge Rat??? Then I saw the tail. It didn’t move as I walked by.” Read More

Thanks to Billy for sending this “photo of a 10 point buck in velvet on the grounds of the National Zoo”

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: “At Thomas circle and saw this guy on my run. No clue what it is but he was huge and slightly terrifying!”

Photo with foot for scale: Read More

Thanks to Alex for sending: “Spotted this guy (or gal) snacking on what appeared to be a rat. 14th St/Logan”

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 Brian for sending: “photos of a juvenile katydid (specifically: a Greater angle-wing katydid nymph (Microcentrum rhombifolium)) that I found in our roof garden in the Adams Morgan neighborhood.” Read More

Thanks to Matt for sending last night: “Caught this little guy perfectly pacing his scurrying to match the speed of the Metro Center escalator, turning it into a mouse treadmill.”

The absolute must watch video: Read More

Thanks to Laura for sending: “Beaver in Rock Creek! By the Boundary Bridge this morning (debating if he should cross over into DC!)”

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 Alex for sending above from Manor Park: “by Capitol City charter school, right by the entrance to Fort Slocum.” And thanks to Jen for sending below: “Three kits popped out to say good morning at Fort Slocum park.” Read More