Thanks to Kristy for sending this guy doing the Lord’s work:

“This hawk was preparing to feast on the rat in its talons… spotted in Van Ness.”

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 Betsy for sending:

“I was photographing this hawk, a red tail I think, in a tree in Dupont Circle when suddenly it flew over to the lamp post right next to me! Well, this may explain why I haven’t been seeing as many squirrels and Dupont Circle lately.”

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 Abby & Adam for sending this beautiful red-tailed hawk(?) from Anna J. Cooper Circle in Bloomingdale/LeDroit 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 Brent for sending: “Some neighborhood deer took over the tortoise enclosure at the zoo!”

Yeah he’s probably gonna want to make a u turn straight out of there pronto!! Definitely, at the very least, don’t keep going down the hill and make a hard right…

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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