Raptor: I was Director of the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in Stamford, Connecticut for 30 years. We had a nice, diversified wooded area with a small swamp and some open meadows, so there was a good variety of birds there. I used to lead people on Warbler Walks early in the morning during Spring migration. We were only nine miles from Long Island Sound, which is a good place for shore birds, so there was ample opportunity for birding in the local nighborhood. We had Pileated Woodpeckers on the property, and they were always a treat to see.
You feed your birds black oil? Like in oil spills, Bobert? This I gotta see.. :-)