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Patient of the day: Rock Pigeon
This is patient 6,300!!

Up early? Listen to WCA’s Terri Muzik talking with legendary radio host Doug Thomas on these Entercom Sacramento radio stations at 6 and 6:30am Sunday morning! Thanks Doug and friends at Entercom Radio.

Drink wine with the winemaker and save wildlife! Win, win for Wildlife Care Association as $5 of each wine tasting kit ordered delivered to your door benefits us. Then join WCA and Winemaker Kevin Luther live for the virtual wine tasting online at Facebook and YouTube Saturday, Oct 24th at 5pm. Order today! https://www.voluptuarywine.com

Please feel free to donate to the Wildlife Care Association and their important work to help the wild animals in need! We are matching your donations dollar for dollar! These donations are in addition to the $5/kit we are donating during our fundraiser wine tasting!

Patients of the day: Eastern Gray Squirrels

This pair of siblings are both Eastern Grays but the black squirrel has a rare coloration (melanism) that occurs in only about 1% of all Eastern Gray squirrels. Interestingly enough, this rare coloration has independently evolved in Eastern Gray Squirrels and Eastern Fox Squirrels🤔

SMILE FOR THE BIRDIE! One picture on your mobile or your camera. Enter FREE under 12 or make a donation to rehab wildlife!
You could be the 2020 Wildlife Care Photo Contest winner! Get outside and give us your best shot of a bird or birds in your backyard, local park or Sacramento area wild location. Easy!

Submit your picture on the Wildlife Care Association Facebook page as a message with photo attachment. Contest is open between October 1 to December 31, 2020. Entries can be made in two categories- Under 12 years old you can enter FREE! Those over 12 are asked to include a minimum $5.00 donation to WCA on the Facebook donate link for each entry. (Under 18 yrs old? Ask your parents to help!)

Submissions should include your email, the location photo was taken, and your best guess what type of bird this might be. Enter @wildlifecareassociation on Facebook.
Enter now thru December 31, 2020.

Patient of the day: Desert Tortoise 🐢

A very rare patient for us to receive! This one was found wandering down a residential street - a bit out of place.

Desert Tortoises are a threatened species and you are required to have a permit to take care of them in captivity.

We have already found a foster home for him until he can find a permanent home!

Patient #6200 & patient of the day: Wood Duck!🦆

Based on the colorful plumage, you can identify this bird as an adult male.

Fun fact: they can fly up to 30mph!

Patient of the day: Virginia opossum
It's hard not to post opossums everyday when they are this cute

Join us for a taste! A virtual toast to saving Sacramento regional wildlife with our Wine and Wildlife fundraiser. Order your wine kits now for delivery to your door and join a virtual tasting tour with erve and Owner of Voluptuary and Lucid Wines Kevin Luther. Live on Facebook/YouTube Saturday, October 24th at 5pm. Order now and $5 of each wine kit sold goes to WCA, and you can also make an additional gift of any amount at the special link on your order page. Every dollar saves wildlife from our communities and helps preserve our quality of life!

Patient of the day: Horned lark!
This species gets its name from their short black horn-like feathers at the top of their heads that they can actually move up and down which is why the 'horns' are not always visible