Wake Audubon is looking for volunteers. We have some positions open and could use your help, so why not try your hand at one of the following? Contact Kari Wouk for more information.

• Manage a nest box. We frequently are the happy recipients of bird boxes for everything from owls and bats to bluebirds. We need someone to monitor these boxes for activity in the spring, clean them out in the fall, and make sure they are not falling apart. Most of the boxes are at Anderson Point Park and Horseshoe Farm.

• Create and manage a Wake Audubon Facebook page (1 person). We would love to grow our web presence by creating a Facebook page! If you can post our calendar, photos, and other information on the page and update it a few times a month, we need you!

• Contribute to Wingbeats newsletter. Do you ever have good ideas for an article? We need your input! Next year, Wingbeats will be published only online, which means we will have space for more articles. Sue Buechele, our editor, would be elated to receive an article or two … or ten! She’ll even help you write it if you come up with the idea. And if you’re interested in serving on the newsletter committee, please let us know. We’d love to have you!

• Help distribute our activities calendar. We print an annual calendar of events as well as our Bird of the Year poster and distribute them around Wake County to bird stores, outdoor outfitters, parks, and libraries. We need a responsible person or people who can keep track throughout the year of what locations have calendars and who needs more.

• We need more flamingo help! If you have time to move a flock of boisterous birds (actually, they’re very sweet and cooperative) from house to house during flamingo season, they promise not to bite! Despite their elongated necks, the birds can easily fit in a small car, so no special equipment is required.

• Give a talk. It’s not as scary as it sounds! We frequently receive requests to give bird talks to different audiences: nursing homes, libraries, etc. We have a “canned” presentation along with props you can bring. It’s not hard to do, though it does require a little knowledge about common “feeder” birds that we can teach you.

• We can always use help with both fundraising and marketing. If you have talent or knowledge in either of these fields, we need to hear from you!