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# Wondering About the Birds in Your Neighborhood? Download a free issue of BirdNotes.

Birds engage in many intriguing behaviors right outside our windows. This issue of *BirdNotes* answers the most common questions about birds we receive at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology each spring.

Learn the answers to these questions and more:

- Why is the mockingbird in my yard imitating car alarms?
- Is it OK to keep feeding birds in spring and summer?  
- Why does the cardinal in my yard keep flinging itself against my window?

Download our free edition of *BirdNotes* today. Share the facts with family and friends!  

**BONUS!** If you provide your mailing address we will send you a **complimentary** copy of our print newsletter, *All About Birds Newsletter*.

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### Species included in this BirdNotes

- Northern Mockingbird
- American Robin
- Northern Cardinal
- House Sparrow
- Tree Swallow
- Yellow Warbler
- Purple Martin

***BirdNotes ****provide insights into the intriguing behaviors of backyard birds.*

 

 

 

 

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