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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 the medians of busy roads, and next to backyard swimming pools.Who knows why…
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Artist Debra Patrick is known for her extraordinary and detailed portraits of both people and animals. When asked about her wildlife art, she wrote: I was a “military brat,” growing up on bases around the world and did not come to appreciate all that nature had to offer until I moved to Marin County as an adult.…
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Orphaned Mallard Ducklings These little mallards caused a ruckus at a construction site when they entered the site and started following the construction workers around!There was no mother duck in sight, and these fluffy ducklings were clearly in distress and in need of help.Rescuers boxed them up and brought them to WildCare’s Wildlife Hospital where…
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On Friday, March 28, 2025, WildCare bid farewell to Vladimir, our venerable and beloved Wildlife Ambassador Turkey Vulture.Vladimir was 40 years old, one of the oldest vultures known in captivity. Due to severe complications from age-related arthritis, WildCare Medical Staff, in consultation with veterinarians from the Medical Center for Birds, made the humane decision to…
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March feels early to be organizing raptor reunites, but when these two fluffy Great Horned Owlets were rescued and brought to the Wildlife Hospital, WildCare’s Raptor Reunite Team (RRT) sprang into action!After noticing they’d been sitting alone in the same place for more than a day, the Novato residents called WildCare’s after-hours e-line for advice.…
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Release Day is the Best Day! This opossum was spotted ambling up the side of the busy San Francisco Bay Bridge! Fortunately, with the help of a Good Samaritan who knew how to handle animals and a warm-hearted California Highway Patrol Motor Officer, she was safely rescued and brought to WildCare, where we discovered she…
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The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles have put fire safety and the need to prepare our homes for fire at the top of everyone’s priority list this January.This heightened awareness is good because it will help reduce the risk of wildfires in our neighborhoods, and also because doing fire mitigation work NOW will help baby…
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Quercus is WildCare’s newest nonreleaseable educational Wildlife Ambassador animal.An Acorn Woodpecker, Quercus was found as a nestling in the Marin County town of San Anselmo. His nest tree had been cut down, sending him and his siblings crashing to the ground. The two siblings didn’t survive.On intake to the Wildlife Hospital, Medical Staff saw that…
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This young American Crow was brought into WildCare unable to stand, hop, or fly. His legs and toes were weak and sitting curled under his body. He was thin, too docile, incredibly dehydrated, and his legs were cold to the touch on intake.This all pointed to a pretty poor prognosis, but WildCare’s Medical Staff gave…
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