West Coast BirderI haven't talked the leaves for several weeks and we have about a six inch thick layer of decaying plant matter all over the garden. I decided to leave it that way. It was a beautiful day today in Portland and I was out on the deck, listening two about two dozen Oregon juncos scrounging around in there. So quiet except for the sounds of their claws and their little tzeet-tzeets. Lovely birds, juncos, so industrious!