I love Eagles, too! They breed locally and I see them often here.
It has seemed rather scarce for birds here in the early morning. I was beginning to wonder what happened to all the birds. But I discovered that many of the birds don't start showing up in my yard until much later in the morning towards almost noon time. I don't know where they are before then.
Most, to my surprise, have been the smaller birdies. The Grackles and the huge flock of White-winged Doves have tapered off. I still see both those species, but not in the intimidating numbers that I had seen in late Summer/early Fall. I see a few Bluejays from time to time as well, but again, not the large numbers seen earlier.
I counted 5 Cardinals on Sunday morning/afternoon at one time. 2 adult males and 3 females/immatures. I also saw several Warblers, a Cat Bird, Painted Buntings, and some others I am not sure of the species.
A rotund Catbird?
Pine Warbler?
Male Painted Bunting:
Female (or immature male) Painted Bunting:
A knock-kneed Grackle:
Male Cardinal (peeking out from inside the bushes):
A different Cardinal at the feeder:
And in this photo you can not see the face/front of a Ruby-throated hummer, but you can see the iridescent emerald coloring of it's back feathers:
