From early spring through summer, SBWCN receives an influx of wild babies in need of Care.
Every year at this time, hundreds of orphaned and injured wild babies come through our doors - songbirds, squirrels, raccoons, skunks, ducklings, hummingbirds - each needing warmth, nutrition, medications, and constant care to survive. Meanwhile, our phone never stops ringing: nests destroyed by pruning, pelicans tangled in fishing line, wildlife struck by cars, orphaned young left behind. These animals are not often casualties of nature - they are casualties of the world we have built. Without intervention, they do not survive.
75+
species of injured and orphaned babies are rescued, rehabilitated, and released through SBWCN. The majority of these come in through the spring and summer months.
250
dedicated volunteers per week are needed to keep up with baby season care: special diets, cleaning, medications, enrichment are all necessary tasks to help our patients thrive.
$543
is the average cost of a single baby through their care, convalescence, and release at SBWCN.
Your gift ensures we are fully staffed, medically prepared, and ready for every call, every orphan, and every second chance. With your help, our patients will heal quietly and return to the wild.
exactly where they belong.
Baby season supporters play a visible and trusted role in supporting this work. Because of that, SBWCN baby season supporters will receive gratitude and recognition in SBWCN web and select print materials.
A gift at or above the average cost of care helps ensure we can provide critical support to the thousands of young animals that arrive during Baby Season. As a thank you, donors at this level will receive an invitation to our Baby Season Wrap Party a special gathering to celebrate what your support made possible.
THANK YOU TO OUR BABY SEASON Sponsors!
$500,000 — Carinõ Veterinary Program (OPEN)
An advanced veterinary program that provides expert life-saving treatment, procedures, and training for over 200 species
each year.
$250,000 — Baby Season Lead (OPEN)
Provides foundational support for the full duration of baby season, ensuring hospital-wide readiness, staffing stability, and uninterrupted care across all species during peak demand.
$100,000 — Animal Care Leads (OPEN)
Focused leadership support for core patient populations, directly underwriting species-specific care, diets, housing, and specialized staff expertise during baby season:
Mammal Lead
Songbird Lead
Shorebird Lead
Seabird Lead
Raptor Lead
$50,000 —Veterinary Lead
Ventura County Community Foundation
Ensures medical readiness throughout baby season, supporting diagnostics, treatments, medications, and the veterinary expertise required to manage complex and critical cases.
$25,000 — Nutrition Lead
Penny and Dr. Steven Gundry
Sustains the lifeline of baby season, ensuring every patient receives species-appropriate nutrition—from specialized formulas to whole-prey diets and careful feeding plans—so fragile wildlife can grow stronger each day on their path back to the wild.
Ginni Dreier · Beth Climo · Joyce and Roland Bryan · Henrietta Fore and Marta Babson ·
Humphreys Family Foundation · Lehrer Family Charitable Fund · William M. and Kathy Borgers · Sandra Lynne ·
Robert and Ellen Lilley · Nancy Beebe · Larry and Claudia Mitchel · Kiki and David Gindler · The Columbus Foundation · Jeffrey & Leslee Sipress · Mary Braitman · Joyce Martyniuk · Sandra J. Dellanina ·
Sue A Bradbury- The Bradbury Survivor's Trust · Mark and Vicki Dodge · Arden & Sharon Baumer-Kysely · Nanci Elliott · Stephanie Glatt · Denise Gonzales & Patti Sandoval · Joe and Karen Fox · Bruce Berckman ·
David and Maureen Mezzetta Family Trust · Nancy Joanna Zinner Living Trust · Glen & Diane Whitney ·
Gottfried Konecny & Susanne Classen · Mary Jane Slater · Dr. Dominique H. Manasson Chiropractor · Sharon Lynn · Elizabeth Ellen Guffey · Donna Good Higbee · Linda C. Rouhas · Cathy Nichols · Susie Foster · Thomas and Laurie Ball · Lindsey Stockton · Geraldine Gibbons · Phil & Eva Kirkpatrick · Shirley Johnson · Shona Wyatt · Susan E Gomez · Jonathan Mills ·
