You're welcome. I really like that book.
I agree that using binoculars, especially over glasses, is frustrating. I use Bushnell 12X25, and I am able to use them with my glasses on, but sometimes I remove the glasses and fiddle with the focusing knobs to compensate for my myopia.
I don't have a formal "list" I just make a notation in my field guide with the location ("maple tree" "birch trees" "fir trees" "ground" whatever) and the date I first observe a new species. It's just for my own enjoyment, and I am amazed sometimes when I review the numbers. Oh, and I think I forgot to include the pine siskins...greedy little buggers.
Tsk!!! I managed to quit a two-pack-a-day habit in 1975. I've never regreted it. Although I'd sure like to lose a few pounds...
I keep a supply of seeds on the deck, in a five-gallon pail with a snap-on lid. The other morning, the pail was over on its side, and there were chew marks on the rim of the lid. Fortuantley the critter didn't get the lid off, but it sure tried!
I don't offer as wide a variety as you, mostly I put out black-oil sunflower seeds and the hummingbird feeders. In the winter I add some peanutbutter coated pinecones. I dislike the weeds from the mixed "wild-bird" seed.
Beverly