I had the itsy bitsiest little hummingbird nest in a small pine in my yard. We had hummers at my feeder all summer. If anyone says, 'hummer' we all freeze to watch them. When I lived further north, we had them fight over the feeders...we had tons of them. Saw a pilated woodpecker several times too.

Here we have orioles, many cranes, and herons, besides the every day birds. One day out on the bike trail, I saw 5 herons in the river...blue herons. Of course they are all gone now. I feel bad when they leave.

I always have a half dozen turkey vultures circling over me when I am outside...darn buzzards are waiting to have me for lunch.

I had a friend a while back, who was chased by a crane and bitten on the calf, lol. They are dangerous birds if disturbed.

We have regular bird watching hikes here and a very knowledgeable man who knows 800 bird calls. I have gone on a few. This Christmas I got new binocs and a bird book.

We get eagles here in the off season, by summer they are all north. Robins arrive back in the early part of March...by the 17th for sure.