Sea & Sage Audubon Society was interviewed by The Orange County Register to protect birds with spring fever from crashing into mirrors and other reflective surfaces:

“Every spring we get California towhees and song sparrows attacking the side mirrors on our cars,” said Trude Hurd, project director of education for Sea and Sage Audubon. “Males are feeling very territorial, so they try to drive the intruder in the mirror away.”

“We don’t want a bird wasting its energy,” Hurd said. “That energy needs to be spent on nesting. It’s never going to be able to drive that bird in the mirror away.”

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