Wildlife Resources

We are lucky to have over 20 different species of bats living in San Diego County. These nocturnal animals are extremely valuable to our environment — in fact, almost every bat found in this area eats insects, which provides a huge benefit to our region’s gardens and farms.

It’s a common call to Project Wildlife: A community member finds a bird trapped in a home, warehouse, store or their building. The birds can be hummingbirds, sparrows, finches, hawks and owls.

As coyotes have expanded their range across North America, encounters with people have increased. These encounters sometimes alarm people who fear for the safety of their pets and children.

Generally, coyotes will avoid human contact. Coyotes who have adapted to urban and suburban environments, however, may realize there are few real threats and approach people or feel safe visiting yards even when people are present.

Coyotes generally avoid humans, even though we share much of the same space in San Diego County’s urban and suburban areas. However, pet food, compost or trash can attract coyotes and create the impression that homes or buildings are easy feeding areas.

There is one species of raven and one species of crow in the San Diego area, and our Project Wildlife program helps hundreds of these birds each year!

Baby mammals are most successful when raised by their mother in the wild. The mother will provide them with the best sources of nutrition and teach them how to find food and recognize and avoid potential threats.

Project Wildlife cannot remove healthy ducklings from backyard pools because the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Permits do not allow us to relocate healthy wildlife. It is illegal to disturb any active nest!

If you find a bird tangled in fishing line or caught on a hook, follow these instructions.

Each spring, Project Wildlife receives a flood of calls about “injured” flightless birds found on the ground. In most cases, these birds are not injured — they’re fledglings leaving the nest for the first time!

Baby mammals are most successful when raised by their mother in the wild. Their mother will provide them with the best sources of nutrition and teach them how to find food and recognize and avoid potential threats.

Foxes are primarily active at night, mate for life and live in almost every corner of San Diego County. They are very beneficial to have in our community because they help control the population of mice, rats, gophers, moles and other small rodents. A fox is unlikely to harm an adult cat, dog or human.