stories from the Sanctuary

November 25, 2025
He’s teeny, but his appetite is impressively huge. Meet our featured patient this month: an adorable baby Meadow Vole!
read more

October 14, 2025
Our featured patients this month stole our hearts…though they were sometimes difficult to find. Can you spot the critter in question? 👀
read more

September 18, 2025
read more
Remember the adorable red fox kit we featured back in May? We’ve got an exciting update!

August 19, 2025
It’s not every day your nest gets struck by lightning. However, that’s exactly what happened to our featured patients this month: four nestling Red-headed Woodpeckers! 😮
read more

July 15, 2025
Our wildlife patients get only the very best when it comes to wildlife rehab haute couture. We were privileged to bear witness to a true fashion statement from Northern Mockingbird 25-514 this month!
read more

June 12, 2025
read more
June’s Patient of the Month came to us last Friday in quite the predicament. Meet patient 25-356, an Eastern Ratsnake who came to RWS literally tangled up in knots! 🪢

May 16, 2025
We spent late March wondering, “Where are the fox kits?!” Typically, we admit our first orphaned kits shortly after the spring equinox. While opossums and baby songbirds began pouring in, our rabies-vector species nursery was comparably quiet. Until…
read more

April 16, 2025
As temperatures rise and animals begin raising their young, we’re seeing a familiar wave of “firsts” roll in: the first squirrels, the first baby cottontails, and, of course, the first raccoon kit. 🦝
read more

March 13, 2025
read more
These babies were stuck between a rock and a…bulldozer?! Meet our featured patients this month: Eastern Gray Squirrels 25-010, 011, and 012!
This website and all included graphics are
copyright © 2018–2025 Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary unless otherwise attributed.
Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. EIN 51-0498181.
Thank you for supporting our mission to help native wildlife in Virginia and beyond.