We have cardinals here all year around and lots of other birds. We also have hummingbirds, usually from April til October. I feed all the birds and even the squirrels. We don't hunt or fish, they are all safe in our yard. I buy bird about every week, all year around. I say when I get too old to quilt I want to take up bird watching. I don't really know all the species.
I bought two bird feeders at Wal Mart years ago that squirrels, raccoons or crows and blue jays can not get into. It was 30.00 and they quit selling them. They had them on a high shelf where short people could not see or reach them. They probably wondered why they didn't sell more.