I only see hummingbirds occasionally, living in the city as I do.

However, I have a story similar to gnu's in one way - birds do pay attention to our music. One summer day, four of us were on the front porch, just socializing. I was strumming my guitar, and an American robin perched on the telephone wire nearby and sang and sang while I played.

I'm convinced he either saw the guitar as competition or he just liked it. Anyway, he sang as long as I played, and the singing was extra fancy, not just a mere 'cheer-up'.

I played all the chords I know (20 of them) and every chord seemed to harmonize with the robin's song. That shows how complex was his song.

For those of you in Europe, an American robin is a blackbird in a gray suit and rusty vest. It is quite different from a European robin.