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Wild Ideas: Which purple finch is not like the others?
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (249+ words) Last winter, our usual gang of winter visitors included a male purple finch that stood out from the other males. What should have been purple (more like magenta) or brown feathers looked like they’d been washed over with thin white…...
Chronic wasting disease spreads across Rappahannock
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (384+ words) Rappahannock County recorded four confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer during the 2025–2026 surveillance season, according to new data released Tuesday by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR). The county tied with Madison for the third-highest number…...
Commentary: Meet the Rappahannock barn owls livestreaming co...
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (223+ words) Commentaries reflect the opinion of the writer(s), not the Rapp News. Comment below or by writing a letter to the editor: [email protected]. Jackie and Shadow — the bald eagle pair whose California nest livestream has turned them into two of America’s…...
Piedmont Environmental Council report: Hundreds of acres protected in...
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (260+ words) Land conservation efforts in 2025 protected hundreds of acres in Rappahannock County and more than 1,200 acres along the borders of Shenandoah National Park, according to a Wednesday news release from the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC). In Rappahannock County, three easements protected…...
Inside The Inn at Little Washington’s geese parade
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (178+ words) Andy Thewlis plays "Simple Gifts" on the soprano saxophone to his gaggle of American Buff Geese on a recent evening outside of Patty O's. If you hear jazz echoing down Main Street in the Town of Washington, Virginia, and spot…...