Notes about your surroundings

Birds & Bees--The Audubon Society needs help identifying and monitoring nesting pairs of red-shouldered hawks. These urban raptors are limited to a strip along the West Coast which runs through Orange County.

Red-shouldered hawks, red-tailed hawks and barn owls are found in Casper’s Regional Park and throughout that area.

Upon locating a nest, contact the Audubon Society. An Audubon Society representative will come to the site.

Anyone who spots a raptor nest is asked to contact Scott Thomas at (714) 364-6422.

Seed money--The Sea & Sage Audubon Society is taking orders for premium birdseed well-suited for attracting local birds.

These 25- and 50-pound bags of seed, made up of millet and sunflower seeds, cost $8 and $14. Sea & Sage Audubon will use proceeds from the sale to fund programs at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine.

To order birdseed, print your name, address, city and telephone number on a piece of paper along with the number and size of bags you’d like to buy. Checks, made out to the Sea & Sage Audubon Society, must be included.

Send orders to Bird Seed Sale, Sea & Sage Audubon, 3589 Campus Drive, Irvine, CA 92715.

Orders must be received by March 24. The seed can be picked up on the weekend of April 8 and 9, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., at the Audubon House.

To get to the Audubon House take the San Diego Freeway (I-405) to the Jamboree Road exit, head south. Turn left at Michelson Drive, and then right at the second signal onto Irvine Ranch Water District property. Follow the paved road and “Duck Club” signs to the house.

For more information, contact the chapter office at (714) 261-7963.