I'm with you, Crystal. 15 years ago when we moved in there was just this house and some ancient apple trees on our acre plus of land. Only birds around weere crows and hawks.
We planted huge bird friendly flower garden and shrubs and had so many song birds come back to area that it seemed like paradise with all the songing and bird calls.
About five years ago we got new neighbors that "rescue" feral cats and spay and neuter them and turn them loose in their yard~our yard~the neighbor's yard~the wild fields in back of us has become their hunting ground and our flower beds are used as their bathroom. Our song bird population has dropped considerably due to their hunting habits.
We have live trapped them and taken them to animal control, after warning the neighbors we were going to do so.......silly us, seems they are all microchipped and they are immediately returned to the "nice rescue folks" without any charge! GRRRRR. di