Wildlife Patient Stories
Cedar Waxwing Recovers at WildCare
Migratory Songbirds and Windows This Cedar Waxwing was brought to WildCare after being found on the ground. Cedar Waxwings are migratory songbirds that travel in large flocks. Their high-pitched whistling…
Read MoreCompost Raccoon Recovers at WildCare
San Rafael homeowners found this young female raccoon, wet, cold and shivering, in their compost bin after a rainy and stormy night. She must have scented something edible in the…
Read MoreGreat Horned Owl Tangled in Soccer Net
Almost every autumn, WildCare admits one or two Great Horned Owls that have gotten tangled in soccer nets.This happens to young birds that are still developing their hunting skills. The…
Read MoreHPAI Detected in Canada Goose at WildCare
In mid-October, WildCare admitted a Canada Goose from Corte Madera with vision problems.The bird had wandered into an intersection, where the crossing guard on duty attempted to escort him across…
Read MoreOak Titmice Caught in Glue Trap
An Oak Titmouse is a small, tufted songbird. Commonly seen at birdfeeders, titmice make birdwatchers smile with their outsized attitudes and fluffed cockades.No one would ever intend to trap and…
Read MoreSquirrels are great moms!
This baby fox squirrel and her four siblings must have been very confused and frightened when the sound of buzzing chainsaws was followed by a sudden drop that left their…
Read MoreBeating the Heat in the Wildlife Hospital
When the temperatures rise, things really heat up around WildCare!Our outdated facility doesn’t have air conditioning (and our circuits can’t handle the power load to run AC units), so our…
Read MoreNever Use Glue Traps!
Help Stop the Use of Glue Traps In July of 2022, WildCare’s Alison Hermance gave a presentation about the horrors of glue traps to the San Francisco Commission of Animal…
Read MoreGreat Horned Owlet Returns to His Parents’ Care
This baby Great Horned Owl fell from his nest during high winds. Fortunately he was uninjured, so we activated the Raptor Reunite Team to return him to his owl parents’ care!
Read MoreOpossum Opocalypse April 2022
If you like fun vocabulary words, you’ll probably enjoy knowing that a group of opossums is called a “passel.”At WildCare this month, we have far exceeded a passel of opossums.…
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