I have three bird feeders and yes, close and always topped off. The cardinals especially are abundant here, something I wasn't used to living in other places. They are mainstream birds here, and I have no bluejays! I wasn't used to one without the other. I was just reading that bluejays migrate. Now I feel a little better.
And thank you!
I was just going through your post again and realized what I think you meant by the title of it. The birds look like notes on the musical bars of the steps.
Ha! Yes! Don't they? It is the music man in you that saw that!