Where the Birds Are!

My little retention pond in Pine Lake has become a "birding" paradise in only 4 1/2 years. Throwing left over food, corn and bread into the lake started the whole thing. Minnows appreared, then tadpoles, a heron or two showed up to eat the tadpoles, I rescued a couple of turtles from the road and added them to the mix. Then the hurricanes blew in 2 years ago and storks appeared at the waters edge, and stayed. Last year a pair of mallards appeared and then paraded their new family in front of my townhouse.  A blue bird house went up, and they came, a Purple Martin house went up, and they came. This year 3 pairs of Merganzer Ducks, which I have never seen in this area,showed up, 5 Canadian geese and 25 mallards, Finches, Red Winged Black Birds, Cardinals. Blue Jays, Mocking birds, Great Blue Herons, White Herons, Buzzards, Crows and more. In stead of just a rention pond, I have a a beautiful  habitat for our birds,  turtles,  fish and me too!

Has anyone else experienced this type of evolution in our citified area?