March 6, 2026
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Tag: wildlife

Deer season in local parks starts Sept. 7

#parks, #wildlife
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Backyard fawns.  The 2019-20 Fairfax County deer management season starts Saturday, Sept. 7 and will end Feb. 22. The county allows groups to use archery to reduce the deer population in designated parks. Archery is allowed in 113 Fairfax County parks during the 2019-20 season, including the following parks in the Annandale/Mason District area: Accotink … Continued

Swarm gathers on a Bee-M-W

#animals, #nature, #wildlife
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Bees congregate on a car. [FCFRD] When someone contacted the West Annandale Fire Station about a bee swarm on a BMW parked at an office complex April 30, Capt. Dave Weand know what to do. “At times, people call the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department for a variety of non-fire or emergency medical situations … Continued

Deer hunting season under way in local parks

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A couple of young deer in a park in Mason District. The Fairfax County archery program for reducing the deer population started Saturday, Sept. 8, and runs through Feb. 23, 2019. The program allows bow-hunting groups certified by the county to use archery to kill deer in designated parks. Signs like this one are posted at … Continued

Coyote kills dog in Parklawn area

#pets, #wildlife

There coyotes are in the Parklawn area but it is not known if they were responsible for the recent attack. [FCPD] Animal protection officers with the Fairfax County Police Department have installed nine cameras in the Parklawn community after a coyote killed a small dog there earlier this month. There is no cause for alarm, … Continued

Coyote kills small dog

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Rufus A small dog has been attacked and killed by a wild animal, most likely a coyote, in the Broyhill Crest neighborhood in Annandale. Mary Trice let her dog, a seven-year-old male neutered Maltese named Rufus, outside for a bathroom break on Dec. 10, and he never returned. She found his partially eaten body the … Continued

Water quality experts meet in Wakefield Park to study impact on Chesapeake Bay watershed

#education, #environment, #stormwater, #streams, #water, #wildlife
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Vickie Blazer of the USGS and her assistants dissect a fish to demonstrate the history of fish health problems in the Chesapeake Bay watershed [Fairfax County] About 50 people from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Environmental Protection Agency, congressional staff, and the Fairfax County Stormwater Planning Division gathered at Wakefield Park in Annandale on … Continued

County tries new approach to curbing deer population

#nature, #wildlife
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Faced with a budget shortfall and disappointing results in its archery program, Fairfax County is trying a new approach to reducing the deer population. Under the soon-to-be-launched Predator Pilot Program, the county will embed wild coyotes, wolves, and possibly a couple of “coywolves,” into local parks to reduce the number of deer. “The deer population … Continued

Scene around A-Town: The cats are all right

#animals, #wildlife
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There’s a small colony of feral cats living in Annandale. They are well taken care of. Local residents are making sure they have plenty of food and water.  It’s hard to say how many there are, as they don’t let people get close. There are probably no more than half a dozen or so.

Vote for a critter

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The candidates: Black Rat Snake, Eastern Box Turtle, and American Toad. In what might be the most cold-blooded election ever, the Fairfax County Park Authority invites the public to vote for their favorite herptile.  The candidates are a snake, a toad, and a turtle. Hidden Oaks Nature Center in Annandale is campaign headquarters for the … Continued