Scott Thomas, Chair of the Sea and Sage Audubon's Raptor Research Committee, will discuss what raptors nest or should be nesting in Orange County and the San Gabriel mountains. This will include the year-round residents and fairly common species, such as Great Horned Owls and Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks, to the more elusive, infrequent rare species, such as Long-eared Owls and Swainson's Hawks. The 2023 breeding season should be quite successful for raptors, as the early and favorable rains we have should prompt a boom in prey availability. Thomas has been studying raptors in the field for more than 40 years.