It may surprise you to learn that there are skwerls in Washington, DC

And I'm not even talking about Congresspersons or Bureaucrats. No, they really do have skwerls.

Please don't accuse me of being racist here, but many DC skwerls are of the melanistic variety.

As in, they're BLACK.

No, seriously. Look:



This little guy was POSING for us on a branch outside the National Cathedral. I can't tell you how disappointing it was not to have a sidearm with which to dispatch the scoundrel.

Here's another one, basking -- BASKING -- on the grass in full view of the public:



Why the Secret Service doesn't mount a full-on elimination program, I will never understand.