Glad your able to enjoy those birds again! I am an avid bird watcher and have been for many years. We bought our house in Collier based upon location, it backs up to woods. I'm out there every morning with my binoculars and a few days ago there were 4 Sandhill Cranes in the backyard. Very exciting to have them that close. I saw my first ever Brown Thrasher in the yard.
If you really want to keep the squirrels off your bird feeder rub vaseline on the pole. We did that up north and it works, and its also entertaining watching them slide down the pole.
squirrel on pole of vaseline - YouTube
Happy birding.