I love to hear the cardinals. We don't have them here in nevada. I do have a birdbath that the birds use all winter for drink and bathing. It is so fun to watch them. I have seen as many as a dozen birds in there at a time splashing about. So comical.
I stopped feeding them because tiny mice began to come around the feeders and I feared they would try to move into the house. I like nature but I don't want to live with them! LOL... I have many growing things that they love in the yard, so they feed off of those things.
ps. Thanks for sharing the pictures of your visitors. Love those pretties.