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The wildlife hospital has admitted many fledgling birds this week. A fledgling is a young bird that has left the nest. Fledglings have feathers but do not fly well, if at […]

On April 25, three young coyote pups were admitted to the wildlife rehabilitation hospital. An Oakley resident had observed the pups for two days, but the mother was never seen. […]

Pictured here is the wildlife hospital’s 1,000th patient of 2014. This little male Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) was admitted on Friday, April 18. He was found all alone in an […]

Bobcat recovers and goes back to the wild thanks to Lindsay Wildlife Rehabilitation Hospital! The rare release of a young bobcat in March, came nearly six months after the cat […]

Black-tailed deer, a subspecies of the mule deer, are common throughout the Bay Area. Fawns are born in spring or early summer. They begin foraging for their own food when […]

Lindsay Wildlife Experience offers: Ways to Help Wildlife 1.  Eliminate pesticide use in your home and landscaping Don’t use rodenticides! When you use poison bait to control rodents it will […]

This past weekend, the wildlife hospital received two young fawns. One fawn was immediately returned to the location where it was found.  We attempted to reunite the other fawn, but […]

On Sunday, March 9, 2014, a sharp-shinned hawk was admitted to the wildlife rehabilitation hospital.  The bird flew into a window, suffering significant bruising and a ruptured air sac. We […]

Our wildlife rehabilitation hospital admitted 5623 animals in 2013. The last patient admitted on Dec. 31 was a hermit thrush.

A young adult raccoon was brought into the wildlife hospital with a broken canine tooth. Hospital staff took digital x-rays and discovered a bullet lodged in the animal’s jaw. Someone […]