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Closeup duck

(posted via iPhone)

Hungry ducks

These guys were so hungry that they were fighting each other for the few scraps we had.

(posted via iPhone)

mistletoe

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Originally uploaded by Michael Louis Aaron.

I believe that this is mistletoe.
We found some trees near the Kennedy Center that had it in them
(from what i understand, mistletoe is a parasitic plant)

Hawk in front of the White House

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Originally uploaded by Michael Louis Aaron.

We went to visit our squirrel friends Sunday. When we entered the park in front of the white house, we heard several squirrels up in the trees (in opposite sides of the park) vocallizing their warning/distress call. There were no squirrels on the ground, and no pigeons around. We went over to our favorite squirrel tree, and started to feed a couple (they didn't want to leave the tree). Then we saw why.
There was a hawk flying through the park. It landed on a tree limb right next to John! The hawk paid no attention to us at all- even though we were very close to it. It was watching a squirrel that had hidden under a pice of mechanical equipment. It then flew off after a squirrel at the other side of the park. That squirrel got away, and the hawk flew off.
(might be hard to see, but the hawk is in the center of the frame)

Squirrel Food

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Originally uploaded by Michael Louis Aaron.

All around Washington, some species of tree drops these huge, bumpy green balls. They'd seriously give you a bump on the head if one hit you. I'm not sure what the tree is that drops these- but the squirrels seem to love them.