Mags i love birds and birdwatching. What types of birds do you get in your yard? What part of the world are you in?
We get lots of crows and ravens :-/ sparrows, robins, hawks, jays, i think we even saw a vulture on a hike a couple weeks ago. (We were on the hike, not the vulture! ) and i got to see some sharp-tailed grouse doing their mating dance in a field it was so cool!
also i have heard ruffed grouse doing their thumping. It's a neat area around here.