PIVOTING DURING COVID-19 GOING VIRTUAL EVENTS SUMMER CAMPS SCHOOL PROGRAMS - HELPING YOU LIVE WELL WITH WILDLIFE SUMMER 2020 - WildCare
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PIVOTING DURING
COVID-19
GOING VIRTUAL
• EVENTS
• SUMMER CAMPS
• SCHOOL PROGRAMS
HELPING YOU LIVE WELL WITH WILDLIFE SUMMER 2020
WILDCARE NEWS VOLUME 22 NUMBER 5 PAGE 1
meals and kind support, that carried
our overtaxed staff through these WILDCARE
challenging months.
NEWS
We wish to thank Bank of Marin SUMMER 2020
for helping us secure SBA funding.
We are grateful for our partner WILDCARE
415.456.7283 fax 415.456.0594
organizations, Marin Humane,
WEBSITE discoverwildcare.org
International Bird Rescue, and the Email info@discoverwildcare.org
Marine Mammal Center whose
DEAR FRIENDS, executive teams banded together in BUSINESS HOURS
9AM - 5PM, seven days a week
the early days of the pandemic. We
Our latest newsletter demonstrates are also grateful to Jones Day, our BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President Kate Van Gytenbeek
how WildCare has adapted to the fantastic pro bono law firm. Vice President Steve Kimball
new normal during the COVID-19 Treasurer Bobby Carlson
Secretary Linda Stiles
pandemic and the gratitude we Thank you to our amazing Audit Chair Vaughn Maurice
all feel for the support from our community for your steadfast belief
BOARD MEMBERS
community. in our mission, and for giving us the Bill Beech Veronica Geczi
strength to continue our invaluable Rob Kline Jeff Pierce
Magda Sarkissian
Our ability to adjust was made work.
possible by the extraordinary EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ellyn Weisel
commitment of our staff, board, loyal With appreciation,
foundations and donors. In addition, WILDCARE STAFF
Lacey Babnik Roxanne Conowitch
our volunteers who, although they Suzanne Egan Marian Eschen
Daniel Etling Amber Fua Haley Gee
couldn’t be onsite initially, provided Lily Gee Joanne Grantz
us with invaluable offsite Foster Care Ellen Weisel Alison Hermance Eileen Jones
Kelle Kacmarcik Bob Kendall
for our wildlife patients, along with Executive Director, WildCare Jacqueline Lewis Kate Lynch
Jen Markham Brittany Morse
Kaija Ollikainen Melanie Piazza
Barbara Pritchard Janet Sinnicks
Juliana Sorem, DVM Lucy Stevenot
Melissa Tofflemoyer Nicole Trausch
FIRST RESPONDERS IN MEMORY OF
Elizabeth Terwilliger
BECOME A WILDCARE FIRST & Julie Malet
RESPONDER AND JOIN
WILDCARE ADVOCATES FOR WILDLIFE
OUR TEAM OF COMMITTED FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
MONTHLY DONORS!
Cover photo
Medical staff test-flying juvenile White-tailed Kite
Making a regular monthly donation Photo by Alison Hermance
is the easiest and most efficient Editors Alison Hermance & Marian Eschen
way to support WildCare. Graphic Design Linda Stiles
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directing administrative costs and ARE YOU READY TO GO ABOVE & piblication are accurate. We regret that we cannot be responsible for
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COVID-19 CRISIS:
HOW WE
ARE COPING
WildCare is considered an essential service under shelter-
in-place guidelines, and despite the dramatic changes from
COVID-19,WildCare’s work continues.
IF YOU’VE EVER RESCUED AN comes out to collect the animal. We
INJURED OR ORPHANED WILD then disinfect the clipboard, pen, and
ANIMAL, YOU KNOW HOW cage clasp to be ready for the next
ESSENTIAL WILDCARE IS! rescuer.
Throughout the pandemic our PATIENT NUMBERS INCREASE Baby striped skunk
being examined at WildCare
Wildlife Hospital has continued DURING SHELTER-IN-PLACE Photo by Alison Hermance
providing care for wildlife patients
with a skeleton crew of onsite staff. WildCare admitted 1,503 animals arrive due to avoidable accidents, and
WildCare has always relied on a from March 17 through June 30. that is even more obvious this year.
corps of over 250 volunteers in Compare that number to the 1,335
our hospital, but shelter-in-place animal patients admitted during the PATIENT #20-460 BABY
restrictions meant we needed to same period in 2019, and you get STRIPED SKUNK
operate without them. A dedicated a sense of how busy our Wildlife This baby skunk was warm and safe
team of off-site Foster Care and Hospital has been during the with mom and his siblings in his cozy
Transport volunteers made our pandemic. Our Living with Wildlife den under a derelict shed, when
work possible, and we have recently Hotline (415.456.7283) has also seen the shed was suddenly ripped off its
been able to allow a small number of a nearly 10% increase in calls over foundation! The homeowners had
volunteers back onsite. the same period. decided to demolish it.
We set up a “social distancing” intake Why the increase? Because people Terrified at the disruption, the
protocol for wildlife patients when are home, they see and rescue the mother skunk fled, leaving her tiny
restrictions were first implemented. animals that fall from nests, fly into babies in the destroyed den. With
Rescuers contact WildCare staff via windows, or get caught by cats. instructions from WildCare the
a digital camera on our front gate, People are also doing yard and homeowners attempted a reunite
and staff instructs them how to fill garden projects just at the moment with mom. For reasons unknown, she
out the paperwork and safely place that animals need our yards, trees took back all except this striped baby,
the rescued animal in an outside and bushes to raise their young. So so he was brought to WildCare. He
cage. The rescuer steps back to many of the Wildlife Hospital patients is thriving in Foster Care, and will be
allow social distance as our team we admit every spring and summer released back to the wild very soon.
Continued on next page
WILDCARE NEWS SUMMER 2020 PAGE 3
TANGLED GOPHER SNAKES
WildCare has seen a shocking
increase in the number of Gopher
Snakes entangled in garden netting
this year.
More than a dozen of these rodent-
eating snakes have been admitted,
often in groups of multiple snakes
all horribly tangled together. This is
likely the result of people doing more
gardening, and using more netting, as
they shelter in place. If found quickly,
these snakes can recover. Luckily
all of our entangled snakes have
survived to be released.
Bring any entangled animal to
WildCare, as constriction injuries can
be slow to manifest and very severe.
DON’T USE GARDEN NETTING. If
you must, roll it up and clip it at least
6” off the ground.
Netting MUST be checked every
night and morning for entangled
animals of many species.
AMERICAN KESTREL
HIT BY A CAR
This American Kestrel was hit by a
car while hunting for prey on the side the way, and remember that young plummeted to the ground.
of the road. During the pandemic, animals born within the past three It is a testament to nest building
animals have become accustomed to months have never even seen that they survived their fall, but their
less traffic, and the sides of quieter “normal” traffic patterns. home and access to their parents’
roads are tempting hunting and care was destroyed forever. The
foraging grounds for them. NEST OF BABY CHICKADEES worst part of their situation is that it
CUT FROM A TREE didn’t have to happen. The tree work
This bird came to WildCare with Five tiny newly-hatched Chestnut- wasn’t an emergency, so it could
blood in her mouth and a ruptured backed Chickadees arrived at have been postponed until after baby
ear drum. With treatment for pain WildCare due to an avoidable season.
and infection she is recovering well. accident.
Help prevent avoidable accidents
PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY! The tree trimmers hired to remove to wildlife! LEARN MORE AT
a limb tried to check the tree discoverwildcare.org/helpwildlife
Be ready to stop if an animal enters carefully, but they still missed the hole
the road in front of you. Animals containing this nest of baby birds. Top: Clinic Manager Brittany examines the ear of an
American Kestrel hit by a car
accustomed to little or no traffic With a single swipe of the chainsaw, Bottom left:Three Gopher Snakes tangled in netting
won’t be prepared to move out of the branch containing these babies Bottom right: Baby chickadees
Photos by Alison Hermance
PAGE 4 WILDCARE NEWS SUMMER 2020
in bringing WildCare into their
classrooms this fall.
WildCare’s Distance Learning
Programs will be available to teachers
in September. Based on teacher
input regarding the length and
GO AT YOUR OWN PACE. YES. OUR VIRTUAL CAMP delivery style of presentations, we are
REALLY IS FREE.
• 5 days of engaging wildlife content for every
session Check out WildCare’s Virtual Summer
designing our new distance learning
• Explore the camp content with your camper any Camp Programs for kids K-7th grade! offerings as a combination of short
time that works for you ‑ all summer long!
recordings and live streaming video.
HAVE FUN! ANIMAL SENSE-SATIONS: K-1ST GRADES
• Meet WildCare’s non-releasable Wildlife FEATHERS, FUR & SCALES: 2ND-3RD GRADES Our new 30-45 minute presentations
Ambassadors SECRETS OF SURVIVAL : 4TH-5TH GRADES will support the science-based
• Enjoy hands-on creative crafts, outdoor
activities and eco-challenges WEIRD & WONDERFUL : 6TH-7TH GRADES curricula of both our Nature Van and
BE A NATURE SUPER HERO. AVAILABLE ALL SUMMER LONG! Wildlife Ambassador programs.
• Learn about fascinating animals and ways to help
wildlife in your neighborhood
• Explore ways to have a positive impact on the
REGISTER TODAY AT The live video streams will feature
planet DISCOVERWILDCARE.ORG/VIRTUALCAMP
our Wildlife Educators showcasing
live educational animals, engaging
taxidermy and biofacts—in much the
EDUCATION
same way they would in a physical
classroom. Supplementing these live
presentations will be short, pre-
PROGRAM UPDATE
recorded videos on related content
to engage and excite our school
groups, while imparting context and
knowledge of our native wildlife and
FREE VIRTUAL CAMPS & animals’ important role in our shared
habitats.
DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS
To make these programs affordable
B ecause of the impact of
COVID-19 on schools in the
Bay Area, WildCare had to cancel
our time. To that end, we are shifting
our delivery to a free Virtual Summer
Camp experience and Distance
for all, WildCare will be offering our
Distance Learning Programs at a
reduced-cost or free for schools that
all spring and summer bookings for Learning Programs for Bay Area qualify for our scholarship program.
our Terwilliger Nature Education youth.
Programs. We also made the difficult WildCare is poised to transition back
decision to cancel our onsite While the structure of Bay Area to in-person delivery of our Nature
Summer Wildlife Camps, a beloved classrooms this fall has yet to be Van, Wildlife Ambassador, Nature
experience for Marin youth for over determined, it seems clear that there Hike, and Center Tour presentations
30 years. will be a need for distance learning as we follow state, local and
programs. WildCare is dedicated to district standards and guidelines for
These cancellations have resulted in supporting students and teachers COVID-19.
a significant revenue shortfall for our by delivering programs in ways that
Education Department, but WildCare meet their needs. Our goal is to be as flexible as
feels strongly that continuing to possible in accommodating school
educate youth on the issues affecting In May, we surveyed 700 Bay Area groups while ensuring the ongoing
wildlife and our shared environment teachers and more than 90% of health and safety of students,
is among the most urgent needs of those that responded are interested teachers, and our own staff.
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WILDCARE’S ANNUAL GALA LIVING WITH WILDLIFE
GOES VIRTUAL! PHOTO CONTEST
Since we will be unable to gather Get outside with your camera
together and celebrate in person, and enter your best California
we hope you will join us online on wildlife photographs in WildCare’s
Saturday, August 29 for our largest 14th annual Living with Wildlife
fundraising event of the year! Photography Contest! Deadline
to enter is Friday, September
This year’s event includes a take DINING FOR WILDLIFE 25. For more information
home Gala To-Go in a box, a Our 35th Annual Dining for Wildlife visit discoverwildcare.org/
spectacular silent auction, visits by is scheduled for Tuesday, September photocontest
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