Hawks around Town

Thanks to Justin for sending: “a Hawk I spotted trying to feed on some smaller birds just outside the 7-11 in Foggy Bottom. It was around 10:30am this past Sunday. It is a Coopers Hawk whereas the one yesterday looks like a Sharp Shinned Hawk.”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey 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 Amy for sending from Foggy Bottom: “On a railing on Pennsylvania Ave. NW!”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey 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.

Ed. Note: This has to be the same guy as yesterday. This particular footage is from only a block away from yesterday’s.

Thanks to Chris for sending:

“My family and I were sitting in the living room today enjoying Christmas/New Years ambiance and we saw a massive blur of motion on our porch. My wife looked out the window and saw a big hawk sitting on our porch planter.

I pulled up the Nest cam and discovered that he had chased a squirrel onto our porch. Here is a small video clip of the encounter. (spoiler alert – the squirrel gets away)

This is the 3rd time I’ve seen a hawk in Petworth hunting squirrels or rats. Happy to have them here.”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey 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 Raul for sending:

“We were watching a couple of blue jays in our backyard this morning and caught sight of a hawk in the back alley. Over the next five minutes, he was on the hunt for a black squirrel. Unclear if he ended up making his prey. After the two attempts caught on video, he was perched high up on a telephone pole above our neighbors’ yards… we lost him soon after.

We’re in Brightwood Park, near 5th & Kennedy.”

If you spot a hawk or any other bird of prey 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 Chris for sending from Truxton Circle:

“The pigeon must have been injured, possibly by the hawk earlier, as it fell from the sky a few minutes earlier and was basically unresponsive when I opened the door before the hawk arrived.”

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 Jeff for sending from On 11th Street, NW, between V and W.

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.

Georgia and Gallatin Street, NW

Thanks to Doug for sending, photo doesn’t do justice but: “That is probably the biggest hawk I’ve ever seen and I used to work in the mountains of Virginia.”

Also home to the Pride of Petworth.

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.

“Dear PoPville,

Anyone know what kind of bird this is? Spotted this morning eating a dead rodent in the street in Dupont.”

Turkey Vulture, right?

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.

Photo by Darren Hutchinson

Thanks to Darren for sending this phenomenal shot:

“I photographed this Red-shouldered Hawk at the Sunoco station on the corner of Kingstowne Blvd. and S. Van Dorn Street in the Kingstowne section of Fairfax County, VA on December 18. He was trying to get into the Christmas spirit.”

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.