Thanks to Matthew for sending from Clarendon: “This handsome, large fellow took down two squirrels and a rabbit in our backyard and buried the leftovers in the landscaping for later.”

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 Rachel for sending: “I took this (slightly out of focus) shot of a hawk with what I think is a small possum. He’s sitting on the top of a house in Brightwood.”

Small possum or giant rat?

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Thanks to Rebecca for sending:

“Spotted this little woodpecker right outside my living room window in Georgetown…..”

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 Victoria for sending: “Either a Cooper’s hawk or a sharp-shinned hawk holding what looks to be a bat, in a cherry tree in Crestwood!”

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 Brian Wee

Thanks to Brian for sending this super shot from the “perch on the roof of the LINE Hotel in Adams Morgan”

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 Marcy for sending this masterpiece: “weird animal tricks raccoons walking on their hands!”

Ed. Note: I think we may have found our latest shirt design too!

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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