[Budge]

Back in the mid/late 70's I lived in San Antonio. A good friend moved there and stayed at a trailer park in his camper while his wife finished her work in California.

His camper was parked under a large mesquite tree that had the largest flock(?) of hummingbirds living in it.

I have never seen anything like that before or since, and not once did either of us think to take to take pictures of the hundreds of little birds! Both of us were into photography too.

[sweetliberty]

You should see the collection of birds I have accumulated in my yard now, and growing every day, it seems. I'd bet there are a dozen pairs of Cardinals, I don't know how many woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Snowy Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers, and now at least one Red-headed Woodpecker and at least one Pileated Woodpecker, and a couple of other kinds, I believe. I have countless finches, Goldfinches and House Finches, for sure, Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, White-breasted Nuthatches, a few Bluejays and one pair (so far) of Red-wing Blackbirds. There are others I haven't identified yet. And then I have about a gazillion of this odd-looking furry tailed species:

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You'll really have to come up and visit when the weather gets warmer.

[sweetliberty]

Oh yeah, and my weird, seed eating Robin. I'm sure I missed a few.

[sweetliberty]

Oh, and I forgot the Mourning Doves, too. I have lot of those.

And there is a Bald Eagle (not in my yard) that I have seen 3 times, flying overhead when I was on the road near my house. The first time I saw him, I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, then I found out that there are nesting sites in the area and apparently there has been a conscious effort make to build up their numbers here. There is even an Eagle Watch weekend which occurred not long after the sightings.