Restoring coastal sage scrub at the Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary. This is how you involve the community in protecting endangered and sensitive birds. Audubon Starr Ranch Junior Biologists recently gathered together to seed new coastal sage scrub on the sanctuary. These plantings by the road will not only help Coastal California Gnatcatchers and other native birds, but will also reduce the potential of fire spreading from vehicular traffic. Most fires spread from roadsides and travel fastest in the "flash" fuels comprised of dried grasses but less rapidly in shrub vegetation.