Thanks to Eric and Elham for sending over the weekend: “A hawk was perched on our balcony for much of this morning. Such a beautiful creature!”

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 Rachel for sending: “A shadow just passed over me while I was out in my back patio on 13th St right off Logan circle, and I looked up to see this hawk carrying its prey! It settled on the roof to look around and eat lunch. I’ve never tried to identify a hawk before, but it looks like either a juvenile Red-Tail hawk or else a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk. Not sure what he has for lunch either…”

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 Emily for sending: “Spotted this guy a couple days ago while on a walk in Carver/Langston. He was just chilling on the fence for a solid 5 minutes.”

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 Stephanie for sending: “this juvenile red-shouldered hawk crashed *through* a window at my neighbor’s house in Hyattsville last week. It got checked out at City Wildlife in DC before being released (back in HVL) the next day. It was somehow unscathed by the incident (probably due to the window being old and single-paned).”

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 Sarah for sending this “Cooper’s hawk in my backyard in Kingman Park. It’s welcome to stay as long as it wants!”

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.


Was cleaning out the inbox and totally missed this one. And let me take this opportunity to that everyone who sent in squirrels, hawks, turkeys, turtles, foxes, eagles, owls, vultures, herons, fish, snakes, rabbits and more. If there’s one thing I can say positively about 2020 it’s that we had an awesome awesome year of wildlife photos. Thanks again for taking the time to send them in. Looking forward to seeing what you all find in 2021.

Thanks to Dave for sending the above back in September from 23rd and Massachusetts Ave NW (Sheridan Circle.) (more…)


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