By Akash
North Carolina's state bird is the Northern Cardinal, with bright red feathers.
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It sings pretty songs and looks really colorful, so people like it.
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You can find these birds in yards, parks, and forests all over North Carolina.
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They eat seeds and bugs, and they often come to eat from bird feeders.
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Boys are red, and girls are kind of brown and red.
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They make whistling sounds that sound like "cheer-cheer-cheer."
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Northern Cardinals are tough in all kinds of weather, just like North Carolina.
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People like watching them at feeders because they're so pretty.
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North Carolina picked them as the state bird because they're special.
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Watching and listening to Northern Cardinals makes North Carolina's outdoors more fun.
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