Found An Animal

Rely on Us to Provide Compassionate Care to Injured Wildlife

Please use our charts to help you make the correct decision for the animal you found.
Select an animal below or view all fact sheets.

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If you still don't know what to do, or if the above charts led you to "call a licensed wildlife rehabilitator", then please contact us at (847) 842-8000. Text for quicker response to see if intervention is required. We appreciate your patience, due to the volume of animals in our care and the number of people needing help it may take a few hours for us to respond to you. Animals are accepted by appointment only at our Barrington location.
Please place the injured or orphaned animal in a box and cover the box. Place the box in a quiet, dark place and leave the animal alone. It is important that you minimize any interaction with the animal in order to reduce the animal's stress and, therefore, to improve the probability of it being successfully returned to the wild.
Do NOT feed or give water to an injured or orphaned animal unless you have been directed to do so by a member of our staff. Improperly feeding an animal can cause significant harm up to and including death. In a majority of cases, animals that arrive at Flint Creek Wildlife after a member of the public has attempted to feed them have significant problems despite the public's good intentions.

Species treated, hours of operation, and appointment policies are included on our About Us page. Please remember when you call us that we may not answer the phone since we are often busy taking care of other animals, but please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible.

Fact Sheets about Birds

Many times, healthy birds are mistaken for orphans when they are not. If you think an animal is orphaned, do not pick up the animal unless it is in immediate danger or unless instructed to do so by a member of our staff.

Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation

Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation

Found An Animal

Rely on Us to Provide Compassionate Care to Injured Wildlife

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Fact Sheets about Birds

Birds Frequently Collide with My Windows

I Cut Down a Tree and There Were Baby Birds

I Found a Baby Bird

I Found a Bird Caught in Fishing Line

I Found a Bird that Hit a Window

I Found a Bird’s Nest that Fell

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

There is a Green Parrot in My Tree

Fact Sheets about Birds of Prey

I Cut Down a Tree and There Were Baby Birds

I Found a Bird Caught in Fishing Line

I Found a Bird of Prey

I Found a Bird that Hit a Window

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

Fact Sheets about Bunnies

I Found a Nest of Baby Bunnies

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

My Dog Found a Nest of Bunnies

Fact Sheets about Coyotes

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

Living with Coyotes

Fact Sheets about Deer

I Found a Fawn

I Found an Injured Deer

Fact Sheets about Ducks & Geese

I Found a Baby Duck or Goose

I Found a Bird Caught in Fishing Line

I Found a Bird that Hit a Window

I Found a Duck/Goose that Is Limping

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

Fact Sheets about Foxes

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

I Have a Fox in My Yard/Neighborhood

I Have an Animal Living Under My Deck/Porch

Fact Sheets about Monk Parakeets

There is a Green Parrot in My Tree

Fact Sheets about Opossums

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

I Found an Opossum

I Have an Animal in My Attic

I Have an Animal Living Under My Deck/Porch

Fact Sheets about Raccoons

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

I Have an Animal in My Attic

I Have an Animal Living Under My Deck/Porch

Fact Sheets about Skunks

I Found a Skunk

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

I Have an Animal Living Under My Deck/Porch

Fact Sheets about Squirrels

I Cut Down a Tree and There Were Baby Squirrels

I Found a Squirrel

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

I Found Squirrels Under the Hood of My Car

I Have an Animal in My Attic

Fact Sheets about Turtles

I Found a Turtle

I Found an Animal in My Window Well

Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation

I Found a Bird that
Hit a Window

I Found an Animal in My
Window Well

I Found a Nest of
Baby Bunnies

My Dog Found a Nest
of Bunnies