Marcia Im sure they will be comming your way soon. There were so many last night it looked as if a cloud was flying around my yard..lol I have 2 hawks roosting in the neighbors tree with a nest .. I can hear babies but cant ee ven with bnoculars! Cora Im with you on the lilacs and especially with out allergies to crape mrytles I wish they grew here. I will try to talk to the robins and give them directions to your house! Maybe tomarrow or later today I can catch a few on camera but I was unprepared yesterday. As for the snow I would love to visit it but gotta say I erally dont miss it much anymore just the family that is still there. Headed back out to do some more work! Donna

IN the groups of birds, there were some that were similar to the Robins, dark gray, yellow beak and eye, but clearly no reddish orange breast coloring. They quickly moved away from my yard (still covered with a lot of snow and water) to another farther down that had more open grass and soil. The Northern Mockingbirds are too light gray, and I didn't see any white whits markings, though I could have easily missed them due to the distance. The Cedar Waxwings are a wishful possibility, but again, the birds I saw were of a uniformly dark color. Also, there are no berries around here. They were all gobbled up quickly in fall, and any drupes left on some trees were chased down by the squirrels on their high-wire act. The squirrels even go into my yews and eat all the little red berries. The birds I saw were clearly pecking and digging in the ground to find food. Today is colder and windy, and there aren't as many birds around

I'm in Iowa, and for the past 2 years Robins have stayed here all winter. Not a whole flock, and they weren't here every day, but enough to tell me they are tougher than we think! And this past winter was the 9th coldest on record. Thank you for the suggestion of fruits, Surya55. I'll try to feed them next year.

Beverly, it isn't just sagging fabric at the bottom. The issue is that the frame is also hanging low. I would gladly staple the fabric back in place, but that isn't possible because the frame adjoins it and would prevent me from tacking it back. I'm astonished by the tone the thread has taken and I'm feeling especially grateful that the experts we worked with to restore and renovate our home were always open, with a kind and helpful approach, to our layperson questions. It was a collaborative process and I believed the Houzz community would be similarly open, helpful, and kind. For what it's worth, I took maddielee's advice and contacted the manufacturer via social media and they have responded. I didn't contact the seller for various reasons; I'm aware that is typically the appropriate route. I will inquire with Houzz about closing this thread.