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What is the State Bird of North Carolina?

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In addition to North Carolina, six other states have named the cardinal their state bird, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. For birders who love cardinals there’s good news: since 1966 their populations have been growing every year, with an estimated breeding population of 120 million.

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My Favorite Release

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We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. Their population is in serious decline, so their breeding colonies are monitored by biologists. Finally my colleague Doty worked her magic in Michigan, and we let him go there.