Wildlife Patient Stories
At WildCare, our Wildlife Hospital staff and volunteers get to see and do amazing things to help the wild animals in our care. But everyone agrees that the very BEST part of the work we do is that moment when an animal, once sick, injured or orphaned but now healthy and vibrant, returns to his…
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When WildCare Medical Staff got the call from the Marin Humane officer that she was bringing in an orphaned Bobcat kitten, they expected a lanky juvenile, probably hit by a car. True wild kittens don’t usually leave their den and its surrounding area until they’re old enough to keep up with Mom on her hunting…
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This bird, a fledgling-aged Osprey, was hatched in a nest on a tall light post at the Port of Oakland. Volunteer nest monitors had been following the development of this Osprey family and, on June 20, one of the monitors observed that the young bird was trying to fly out of the nest but couldn’t…
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Five baby skunks arrived at the Wildlife Hospital after being rescued from a freeway on-ramp! Fortunately a driver saw the five little skunks, tails high, marching up the on-ramp and managed to catch them before they got into oncoming traffic. Skunks at this age are much too young to be on their own without Mom.…
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Feed me! Please never attempt to raise a baby bird on your own! Babies like this Dark-eyed Junco need very specialized care to grow up healthy and wild. Always bring any baby wildlife you find to a licensed wildlife care center like WildCare. [row] When you walk into the Birdroom in WildCare’s Wildlife Hospital during…
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It’s official! Spring has arrived, and with it, baby birds fallen from their nests and needing help in WildCare’s Wildlife Hospital. According to our Birdroom Manager, the majority of the baby Western Scrub Jays currently in our care fell (or were cut) from their nests or were caught by cats. The majority of nestling birds…
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This tiny coyote pup’s rescuers had seen a female coyote in the area a few hours before he was found. They said they saw her carrying something in her mouth… maybe a pup? Sometimes a mother coyote will decide that a den site isn’t secure and move her babies to a new location. She’s only…
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It’s raining orphaned baby squirrels at WildCare! Ok, not literally, but we currently have 17 squirrel babies in care, and more arrive every day. Most of the squirrels we have admitted are the usual gray or brown in color, but last Sunday we admitted this beautiful, silky-furred black squirrel! She is an Eastern Gray Squirrel,…
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The first orphaned raccoon of 2017 has arrived, and she has a very sad story. A homeowner saw that the door to his shed was ajar and walked in to find a mother raccoon denning with her babies. Not wishing to disturb the little family, the homeowner left quickly, but the mother raccoon must have…
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Spring is in the air, and everywhere wildlife is feeling it! Animals of all species are finding mates, building nests and having babies right now, and WildCare’s Wildlife Hospital is starting our busiest time of year. It’s an amazing thing to see wild baby animals in the Wildlife Hospital, but of course their presence at…
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