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• Hearing monkeys?

  No, you're not in the rainforest - those are barred owls you're hearing. Common throughout the Carolinas Piedmont, barred owls (named for the stripes, or bars, on their feathers) typically hoot in a call that sounds like "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?" But this time of year, they can gather in pairs and hoot so crazily it sounds like monkeys. You can even hear them sometimes during the day. To learn more about the barred owl and hear its call, go to the Cornell Ornithology lab.

• Find an orphaned or injured bird?

  If you've found a bird that's been injured or a baby bird you believe to be orphaned or fallen from its nest, there are things you can do to help. Go to the Mecklenburg Audubon Society site to get some do's and don'ts.

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