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WildCare:
76 Albert Park Lane
San Rafael, CA 94901
415-456-7283

Open Seven Days a Week

WildCare's courtyard is open to the public seven days a week from 9am to 5pm*. Click for directions.

Please note: WildCare's Nature Summer Camps are held in our museum during weekdays from June 8 until August 14, 2015. Accessibility to our indoor museum may be limited between the hours of 9am and 3:30 pm on those days.

Our wildlife rehabilitation hospital accepts patients from 9am to 5pm. Call our Living with Wildlife Hotline at 415-456-7283 for more information and assistance.

Free Daily Courtyard Schedule

Please note: animals for these programs are subject to change due to off-site programming, illness or other reasons. In these cases, another animal will be presented. This is especially true with the raptors (birds of prey). If the particular species listed is not available, we will try to substitute another raptor wherever possible.

Schedule subject to change without notice. Call 415-456-7283 for updates. Click for directions to WildCare.

Guided Center Tours with a trained WildCare naturalist are also available. 

Free every day

Please call ahead if your large group is planning to visit WildCare to ensure that there isn’t a conflict with another scheduled group.  415-453-1000 x12 or education@wildcarebayarea.org

*Please note: WildCare is open 365 days a year but is only open from 9 to 1 on the following holidays:  New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve

The Courtyard is always available during open hours, but our Museum may be closed to visitors during Nature Camp sessions. Summer Nature Camp runs June through mid-August on weekdays from 9am - 3:30pm.
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Presentation Descriptions

Pool Bird Feeding
Our Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Herrmann’s Gull and Western Gull get fed twice a day.  Ambassador Volunteers will be happy to answer your questions about these amazing birds and you may get a chance to observe some training.

Meet the Raptor
A trained Ambassador Volunteer will bring one of our Educational Raptors out into the courtyard to meet with you.  You will get a chance to get a good look at one of these amazing birds of prey on the glove of the Volunteer who will be happy to answer any of your questions.

Meet the Tortoise
Mohave, our California Desert Tortoise comes out of his enclosure and wanders our courtyard, saying hi to all our visitors.  Get an up close look at this amazing reptile.  Find out amazing facts about California’s state reptile and why Desert Tortoises in the wild are in trouble.

Woodpecker Enrichment
A trained Ambassador Volunteer will go into the woodpecker enclosure and get Cache, our newest Acorn Woodpecker on the glove.  Visitors can then see some of the amazing adaptations of this common Oak Woodland resident, such as their long tongue.

Meet the Opossum
Our opossum is currently offsite while her cage is being rebuilt. Her schedule will be posted upon her return.

Turkey Vulture Enrichment
You may not know it, but Turkey Vultures are very smart, social birds.  WildCare’s Turkey Vulture, Vladimir, can get easily bored, so the Ambassador Volunteers stimulate him with a variety of fun food and non-food items.  Come see him tear into them, and find out about these wonderful scavengers.

Guided Center Tours with a trained WildCare naturalist are also available.

Directions to WildCare

Address:

WildCare
76 Albert Park Lane
San Rafael, CA 94901

From the South:
Take the Central San Rafael exit from Hwy 101;
Turn left onto Third Street (the second stop light);
Turn left onto B Street (getting into the right lane);
Cross 2nd Street and continue down B Street, past Safeway,
Turn left onto Albert Park Lane (just beyond the Bocce Courts);
WildCare is three quarters of the way down Albert Park Lane on the right;
Park across from the footbridge.

From the North:
Take the Central San Rafael exit from Hwy 101;
Turn right onto Third Street;
Turn left onto B Street (getting into the right lane);
Cross 2nd Street and continue down B Street, past Safeway.
Turn left onto Albert Park Lane (just beyond the Bocce Courts);
WildCare is three quarters of the way down on the right;
Park across from the footbridge.

From the East Bay:
Take the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge West;
Merge with Hwy 101 North;
Take the Central San Rafael exit (the first exit you come to);
Follow directions above for “From the South”.

From West Marin:
Either take Hwy 101 North and follow directions above for “From the South”
OR
Come into San Rafael from Fairfax via Sir Francis Drake Boulevard;
At the Hub, San Anselmo, turn left onto the Miracle Mile this becomes 2nd Street;
Turn right onto B Street;
Turn left onto Albert Park Lane (just past the Bocce courts);
Park across from the footbridge.

From Wolfe Grade:
Continue down D Street;
Turn right onto Bayview Street at the first stop light;
Go to the second stop sign (by Muffin Mania) here Bayview becomes B Street;
Go through the intersection;
Take the first right onto Albert Park Lane just ahead; Park across from the footbridge.

By Public Transit from San Francisco:
Catch Golden Gate Transit bus #70 Northbound at one of the following:
Folsom and 7th
Mission and 1st
7th and Market
McAllister and Polk
GG Bridge Plaza.
Busses run approximately every 15 minutes during the week and once an hour on weekends. The ride takes about an hour and costs 3.75. Get off in San Rafael at 3rd and Hetherton (Central San Rafael). Walk west on 2nd Street (against the direction of traffic) 2 blocks to Lindaro. Go left on Lindaro and walk one and a half long blocks to Albert Park Lane (just past the tennis courts). Turn right on Albert Park Lane, and WildCare is on the left, across the footbridge. For trip planning on-line, see http://www.transit.511.org/ and click on "Plan your next trip on public transit."