1. R O C K F I S H S A N C T U A R Y I N C
Rockfish Sanctuary Inc.
P.O. Box 3
Charlottesville, VA
Rockfish
22902
To:
Sanctuary
A Semi-Annual Newsletter Fall 2008
A Day in the Life of a Wildlife Rehabilitator
CVC 3200
6:00 AM: Feed baby birds, begin breakfast preparations
6:30 AM: Prepare fresh food diets, feed baby squirrels
7:00 AM: Check, clean, replenish water bowls
Established in 2004, Rockfish Sanctuary is a wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary in Central Virginia providing
Designate Rockfish Sanctuary
7:30 AM: Feed fledglings & animals in nursery
care for orphaned and injured wildlife from anywhere in Virginia.
8:00 AM: Feed bluejays, opossum, raccoons outside
for CVC Campaign Giving!
Feed fledglings
8:30 AM: Check and replenish bedding, start laundry Rockfish Sanctuary has been approved as a
Feed fledglings charity for the upcoming Commonwealth of
9:00 AM: Clean breakfast bowls, clean & refresh cages Virginia Campaign. Employees of state agen-
Feed fledglings cies, including the University of Virginia, will
9:30 AM: Empty & scrub outside bowls & duck pools receive their contribution forms in October.
animal. a snake.
Feed fledglings They arrive in a bright red envelope so, you
red horns from its belly , making it appear like
animal, and who to contact for help with the 10:00 AM: Feed fledglings, start skunk & raccoon laundry can’t miss them! Designate Rockfish Sanctuary
defends itself aggressively by extending two
10:30 AM: Feed fledglings, answer call about vomiting opossum
when they find an injured or orphaned wild
to receive your campaign contribution in an
dots. Caterpillar rests on branches and leaves,
11:00 AM: Feed fledglings & baby squirrels
stripes or yellow with black stripes and blue
easy payroll deduction or as a one-time charita-
Inform our fellow citizens about what to do •
11:30 AM: Feed fledglings & replace water in outside bowls
every year, female can be blue with yellow
ble donation. Our CVC code is 3200. Please let
12:00 PM: Feed fledglings & empty dishwasher
State insect of Virginia, produces 2-3 broods
the habitats and needs of native wildlife; and, the animal-lovers in your life know about
12:30 PM: Feed fledglings
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Rockfish Sanctuary’s designation code. As al-
Educate the citizens of Central Virginia about •
1:00 PM: Feed fledglings & teenaged squirrels ways, your donation is tax-deductible. Thank
1:30 PM: Feed fledglings
back into the wild; you for your support!
2:00 PM: Feed fledglings, drive to & pick up chimney swifts from
life while they are being prepared for release
rescuer, feed every 10 minutes for 1st hour
Provide care for injured and orphaned wild- •
2:30 PM: Feed fledglings & load dishwasher
3:00 PM: Feed fledglings & baby squirrels
3:30 PM: Feed fledglings & update census data
organization whose mission is to:
4:00 PM: Feed fledglings & empty dishwasher
Rockfish Sanctuary is a private, nonprofit 4:30 PM: Feed fledglings & fold laundry
5:00 PM: Feed fledglings & replace water in outside bowls
5:30 PM: Feed fledglings
6:00 PM: Feed fledglings
6:30 PM: Feed fledglings & prepare peeled and minced frozen
ROCKFISH SANCTUARY INC
mice for baby owls
7:00 PM: Feed fledglings & baby squirrels & teenaged squirrels
Baby Squirrels Snuggling for Warmth
7:30 PM: Release 2 robins & bluebirds in local woods
Established in 2004, Rockfish Sanctuary is a wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary in Central Virginia providing care for
orphaned and injured wildlife from anywhere in Virginia.

2. R O C K F I S H S A N C T U A R Y I N C R O C K F I S H S A N C T U A R Y I N C
Sanctuary News Animal Animal Stories Hugs & Roses: Our Gratitude
News Stories
Wildlife Rehabilitator
Nathou Attinger, our founder
Animal Census: January 1, 2008— August 31, 2008 Education Animals
Rockfish Sanctuary is planning to
Barred Head Goose 1 Bat, Brown 2
Wildlife Staff
keep two non-releasable animals
Bluebird 20 Blue Jay 13
for education purposes. Because Jason Brown
Box Turtle 3 Canada Goose 13
these animals are not capable of Jessie Cole
Cardinal 5 Carolina Wren 41
surviving on their own in the Mick Masone
Catbird 4 Chickadee 4
Not Ready
wild, Rockfish Sanctuary has ap- Sam Masone
Chimney Swift 19 Chipmunk 2
This Eastern Flicker, also called a Yel- Marina MacNamara
plied for permits to allow them to
Crow 7 Deer 5
Thank you!!
low-breasted Sapsucker, was rescued, Karly Skjoldager
be ambassadors for wildlife con-
Dove 10 Duck, Domestic 2 rehabilitated, and released… three
servation.
Duck, Mallard 64 Duck, Wood 22 times before he was willing to go out
Finch 12 Flicker 3 Sanctuary Board Members
on his own. After his first release, he
A Baby Opossum
Fox, Gray 1 Goose, Canada 17 landed on the head of an unsuspecting Nathou Attinger, Founder
After being rescued by a brave
Goose, domestic 3 Goose, common 12 and bewildered Sanctuary neighbor. Becky Allen
woman from a drunk man who was
Hawk, Cooper’s 2 Hawk, Red Tail 1 He obviously wasn’t ready! It took Boo Barnett
kicking this 4 inch long baby, he
two more times before he felt confi-
House Sparrow 1 House Wren 4 Beverley Butler
came to RS with significant brain
dent to leave the competent hands of Erla Hagan
Junco 1 Mockingbird 13 damage. He could only walk in cir-
the Rockfish rehabbers. Sometimes, Mary Huey
Mouse 2 Opossum 29 cles. After some creative thinking,
you gotta leave the nest on your own Hilary Kerner
Oriole 1 Owl, Barred 1 rehabbers put obstacles in his tiny
timeline. Patty Wallens
Owl, Great Horned 1 Owl, Screech 7 circles forcing his brain to grow so
he could move in awas hit by a car,
This Barred Owl different direc-
Peacock 1 Phoebe 14
How You Can Rockfish Sanctuary Supporters
tion or climb over things. While this
causing significant injury to her
Pigeon 6 Plover 1
Cindy Butler
tiny guy can’t be released, he will
wing. Despite surgery on the
Rabbit 12 Raccoon 9
Help RS Cindy Davis
live out his days in Lynchburgof an
wing at the Wildlife Center as
Raven 3 Robin 21
Brenda Lambert
education opossum.
Virginia, she is unable to fly si-
Skunk 20 Sparrow 7 Bonnie Sheppard
We need a lot of things to keep Rock-
lently, a must for stealth hunting.
Squirrel 22 Starling 10 Bill Spurgin
fish Sanctuary humming. Please let us
Bluebirds of Happiness
Swallow 11 Thrasher 3 Patient Transporters
know if you can help with any of the
Tufted Titmouse 2 Turtle 4 Mary Bednar
following:
Vulture 4 Woodpecker 2 A local builder discovered a nest of CVC approval process
• Jars of Beechnut Baby Food—
baby bluebirds in the crankshaft of
Unidentified Birds 7 Jane Gunter
meat flavors
his frontloader just after he moved Accounting services
•
the machine from Charlottesville to Huey & Bjorn
Paper towels
TOTAL 487
Montpelier. After hearing from Payroll & tax services
• Kleenex
Nathou that the babies wouldn’t sur- Judy Heyde
A Tough Case • Animal transport
vive the night without their mother, Membership list
he climbed in the car and drove back • Kristen Cole
Hay & straw
Rockfish Sanctuary is helping a local raccoon remem- This Screech Owl arrived with a
to Montpelier, found the babies Susan Hastings
• Blue pads from the drugstore
ber what its like to be a wild animal. This lovely lady with a cord & head injury after an
spinal flashlight and delivered them Lindsay Talbott
was likely found as a baby and then raised as a pet. • Cash donations—most of Rock-
to RS. Thanks to He initially re-to
attack by a cat. his willingness Animal care
Sadly, she was let loose to find her way on her own fish Sanctuary’s funding comes
go out of eat way, these babies were
his by laying Kaki Dimock
without the necessary skills or experience. She came to fused to one month laterdown on from donors, animal-lovers just
released with his feet in the air.
in fine Sam Masone
his back
the Sanctuary malnourished and with parasites. She like you.
condition. Newsletter
After patient effort, he will eat
will be released as soon as she can identify and eat
• Please contact us if you can help!
but cannot survive on his own.
foods appropriate for raccoons in the wild.
Established in 2004, Rockfish Sanctuary is a wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary in Central Virginia providing care for Established in 2004, Rockfish Sanctuary is a wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary in Central Virginia providing care for
Established in 2004, Rockfish Sanctuary provides sanctuaries for orphaned and injured wildlife and helps people understand their needs and habitats.
orphaned and injured wildlife from anywhere in Virginia. orphaned and injured wildlife from anywhere in Virginia.