Bird photos take lots of quietly sitting still time! I love attracting the birds to the feeders to come close so that I can enjoy them. And when they are close by it is easier to get photos!
I love that you are planting for the pollinators! I just learned that we need to be concerned about leaving lights on Outdoors at night. Moths that are circling the porch light are doing so because they are disoriented and instead of being out doing their pollination work we are distracting them with outdoor lighting.