Hope Elem fills a bird feeder. Mid-Coast Audubon will be accepting bird seed orders through Friday, Oct. 22, to raise funds to support bird conservation and education programming. Contributed photo

Mid-Coast Audubon plans to accept bird seed orders through Friday, Oct. 22, to raise funds to support bird conservation and education programming.

Seed must be picked up between 10 a.m. and noon Saturday, Oct. 30 at either Plants Unlimited, 629 Commercial St., U.S. Route 1, in Rockport, or Lincoln County Publishing, 116 Mills Road, Newcastle. Orders should specify which pickup location.

Five varieties will be offered this fall: Black oil sunflower seed 20 pounds for $19, 40 pounds for $33; Sunflower meaties (hulled) 25 pounds for $29, or 50 pounds for $50; Melody Mix 20 pounds for $15, 40 pounds for $24; Thistle (Nyger) 5 pounds for $12; and Suet blocks, $2.50 each.

Orders can be placed either at midcoast-audubon.square.site or by a mail-in form available at midcoast.maineaudubon.org/event/fall-bird-seed-sale.

According to MCA President Susan Schubel, “The Bird Seed Sale is an important fundraiser for the organization as all of our events are offered free to the public. Proceeds from this sale help to provide support for a number of our activities, including speaker fees for our public programs, maintenance and repairs of our preserves, funds for our environmental education grants for teachers and birders, and more,” according to a news release from the organization.

If ordering by mail, send order forms to Seed Sale Sue, 12 Audubon Road, Bremen, ME 04551.

For more information, email Schubel at sschubel@tidewater.net, be sure to include BIRDSEED in the subject line, or call 207-380-1370.