Awesome. Thanks to John for sending: ” Bald eagle spotted eating on telephone pole in alley behind N St NW near 5th St on the morning of the 25th.”

Some other Bald Eagles recent sightings here.

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.



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 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: (more…)


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.


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