This Duckling Nearly Drowned

This Duckling Nearly Drowned

A mother Mallard leads her ducklings to water as soon as possible after they hatch, but the water source she chooses isn’t always safe. This duckling’s mother led him and his siblings to a swimming pool where, unfortunately, it was easy for the ducklings...
Orphaned Opossums at WildCare

Orphaned Opossums at WildCare

These baby Virginia Opossums came to WildCare after a very traumatic experience: their mother wandered too close to a road, and was killed by a car. Astonishingly, although not all of her babies survived, these four baby opossums managed to live through the collision...
First Baby Squirrel of 2024

First Baby Squirrel of 2024

It’s not exactly unusual for WildCare to admit our first tiny, pink baby squirrel in the month of February, but it’s not the norm either!WildCare admits over 80% of our patients between April and August, most of them orphaned baby animals. This little...
I Found a Baby Bird… Now What?

I Found a Baby Bird… Now What?

In the next few months, WildCare’s Living with Wildlife Hotline (415-456-SAVE) operators will have their hands full answering phone calls about baby birds. Every year hundreds of baby birds fall or are blown from their nests, or are found following an ill-timed...
Pigeon with an Inverted Beak

Pigeon with an Inverted Beak

If you just glance at this pigeon patient in WildCare’s Wildlife Hospital, it looks like he is missing the top part of his beak. However, with a closer look you can see that the top beak section is not actually missing. It has been forcibly folded inward and...