While eating my lunch a bird came to the

[Mr. Sandman]

We have a number of them hanging around and my wife tells me they have been here for a few weeks already. A bunch of them nested in trees on my property last year. They have a cool hanging nest, like a bag or purse. (put out fruit, oranges and apples if you want to attract them)
Below are a few photos I took last year of the Mother feeding her crew. When she showed up at the nest it was a really noisy, as soon as she left it was dead silence.


My favorite bird song is the red winged black bird, it brings back a lot of childhood memories goofing around near the water.
Humming birds are fun to watch too. Get one of those window humming bird feeders and put it on a window right next to a chair...you can watch them inches from your face

[Chris in Mass]

Nice job. Check that one off. One of my goals is to attract these this year. Should be done with a feeder to hold fruit and grubs by this weekend.

[Swimmer]

We had out first Oriole nest last year and are waiting patiently for the pair to return. The nest looks just like a sock. They had two babies last year and one was pushed to the ground below. I burried it. It was very underdeveloped.

[FishermanTim]

When you've been backyard bird watching like I have, you will soon be able to tell the birds by their calls. I can tell my neices and nephews which bird is in the yard, and they ask me how I know.
My favorites, based on my personal experience are Orioles, redwing blackbirds, Northern flicker, mockingbird, and nightingale.
Sure, they are some "honorable mentions" like starlings, sparrows, chickadees, cardinals and bluejays, but they don't really "sing".

If you know you have a mockingbird in your yard, and it's "singing", have some fun and whistle your favorite song (only a short part of it) and they may choose to include your song in their melody. They are renown for imitating a lot of sounds to increase their song length (to impress their mate). I had one that copied a cat's meow, and flew to the top of a tree to sing. Imagine people looking for a cat at the very top of a 40 foot maple in early spring? I laughed out loud at that one.
(They can imitate lawn mowers, and even car alarms.)