Jun 25, 2025 | Wildlife Patient Stories
San Rafael Mayor Kate Colin cares deeply about wildlife and the natural environment, and she is a strong supporter of WildCare and our work, so she was delighted when she spotted a little bit of the wild in her own backyard. This family of Bobcats has chosen the...
Jun 24, 2025 | Wildlife Patient Stories
Coot baby. Photo: Vanessa Potter This extraordinarily colorful American Coot chick was brought to WildCare after approaching boaters on a lake in Marin County. He was alone, peeping, and very insistent on joining them, so they scooped him up and brought him to the...
Jun 23, 2025 | Wildlife Patient Stories
Happy 20th WildCare Anniversary, Sequoia! Sequoia is WildCare’s beloved Wildlife Ambassador Northern Spotted Owl. On June 26, 2005, she arrived at WildCare as a wide-eyed, still-fluffy baby with an injured wing. Click here to read the WildCare Newsletter from...
Jun 4, 2025 | Wildlife Patient Stories
Spring and summer are, as you likely know, Baby Season for wildlife. These warm months are when most of our wildlife neighbors nest or den and hatch or give birth to their babies. Of course, bringing new life into the world is a hazardous proposition, and far too...
Apr 22, 2025 | Wildlife Patient Stories
Every spring WildCare admits a number of animals, usually fawns and baby jackrabbits, that have been “kidnapped” by well-meaning people who found them alone and assumed they needed help. In fact, approximately one in five fawns brought to WildCare are...
Apr 18, 2025 | Wildlife Patient Stories
Based on the calls coming in to WildCare’s Living with Wildlife Hotline 415-456-7283, everyone is seeing ducklings right now. Mallards lay their eggs in what seem to us to be the strangest places. We’ve had reports of duck nests in construction zones, on...
