Raptors soon begin their annual display.
The hawks themselves, common in Orange County, command attention when they fly, flashing their rust-colored tail feathers as they ride rising columns of warm air. In the weeks to come, red-tails will indeed be seeking attention, though not from their human admirers. They will be focused on one another. Then, sometime in spring or early summer, a young red-tail will take its first experimental flights from its parents' nest of sticks and leaves, built high in the tallest trees. P.O. Box 11626, Santa Ana, CA 92711.