The District Department of Transportation will deploy its latest pedestrian-activated traffic signal at a high-traffic intersection where four months ago an elderly woman was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle.

There’s a HAWK out there watching out for pedestrian looking to cross D.C. roads. No, not the bird, but rather a new type of traffic signal.

This week in random animal news: a concussed hawk and an overweight cat.

Do you remember what it was like when Twitter didn’t exist? Think about it: without the social messaging system, we would have never been able to really experience the capture of the hawk which has been perching and hovering over the Library of Congress’ reading room for the past few days, at least not as it unfolded in real time. The hawk, which has apparently been dubbed “Jefferson,” was hungry enough to finally take the bait which several different agencies had been leaving out in attempts to capture him, and, according to appropriately-named Post reporter Elizabeth Flock, is “emaciated and thirsty but otherwise in good condition.”

That hawk that was found in the Library of Congress’ reading room last week? Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Raptor Conservancy of Virginia have been trying to get it out for the last few days using baited cages. But according to NBC4, the hawk is clever to the scheme, flying in to take just enough of the frozen quail on offer but not triggering the cage’s trapping mechanism.

Photo by pablo.raw. Yeah, Washington, it’s cold out there. In fact, it’s the coldest day of winter so far – the high today is supposed to be 27, and then think of the biting wind. Unfortunately it’s not supposed to be any better tomorrow, or Monday for that matter. So please stay warm. >> Remember that meth lab that was found in a Georgetown dorm that didn’t end up being a meth lab at…