You might want to check out birders groups on FB since members there will also have good ideas where to see and photograph birds of their areas.

I am a cat person too. Tend to accumulate ferals that become house cats... I love how clear the eyes are!

I'd like to say yours since it is yours and not Google, I also like that contextual setting, but the squirrel being out of focus means #2 is better...

:) Yes kittens are adorable!
But on a more serious note, I am also partial to landscapes, both in my pastel paintings and in the photographs I take.
I particularly love photos that allow me to enter the scene, and don't force me to look at the image in a defined way. When I look at a photo such as the bird on the branch, I am amazed at the quality of color and gasp at the moment caught in time, but they aren't images I choose to put on my wall.
Linda's first 2 landscapes, complete without floating or soaring birds are the type of images I choose to look at over and over and inspire me.
I have more art training than photography and am definitely an amateur, and also definitely have my own perspective on what I like ;), so just my $0.02 worth.