One of the special joys of summer feeding comes when the birds have completed their first brood and bring their fledglings to your feeder. You'll recognize them. They're the goofy looking ones with baby down feathers sticking out ever which way, noisily demanding of their parents, "Feed me, feed me."

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One reward from feeding our feathered friends: their constant, cheerful chatter around our homes. But is it just chatter? Sounds that birds make vary with the season, the age and sex of the bird. We think of bird sounds as "songs" but they have other vocalizations known as "calls." These are short sometimes harsh, and are given by both males and females. They serves as danger warnings we well as keeping a pair in close communication.