Whew Lloyd. You are describing my next few years. The boy turns 13 in October and while the growth spurt hadn't hit yet, it is on the horizon.
Not much in the way of birds unless you are counting Canada Geese. Which I'm seeing in places around LOTW I've never seen them before. Everything is very lush. Not quite wet but evidence of lots of rain this spring. Truthfully, the only birds I've seen since Monday, besides songbirds, are geese, vultures, pelicans and of course Bald Eagles. Damn things are all over our island.