I am not a birdwatcher, I know the Cardinals, and the Blue Jays, and the Robins, but the other little birds are just birds to me. They like to congregate on the power line above my pond about an hour before dusk, and take turns taking a bath in the shallow end of my pond. It can be quite comical, because if one bird takes too long of a bath, all of the ones waiting on the power line will start chirping at the one bathing to get done so they can have their turn.
A few years back, I had to reline the pond. So its was just a big hole in the yard for a few weeks. The very day that I got the thing lined and refilled, the birds were back, lining up to bathe. Its like a message went out to all the feathered creatures that the pond is back.
The thing is, I have a railroad bridge over the pond, and when I run trains the birds are afraid to take their baths. Its funny watching one try and time the running of the train, so it can dart in, take a quick bath, and get out before the train comes back across the bridge. I have even had the little brown birds on the tracks, and instead of flying to get out of the way of an oncoming train, them little suckers will run.
But the thing that makes me laugh the most is, 2 of my small trees have nests in them. Neither tree is more then 4 1/2 feet tall. I guess they are just under achievers. Talk about aiming low.