A hotspot for birds?

J put some bread out on the balcony ledge today to see if any birds would come. I was very excited (what is it with women and animals?) and kept hovering around the balcony in anticipation. I was going on and on about no birds coming and about how the experiment was a failure (in other words, making a perfect nuisance of myself), when J finally couldn't stand it anymore and burst out in exasperation: "aiyo! ji2 bai3 nian2 dou1 mei2 you3 mian4 bao1 chu1 xian4 guo4, xian4 zai4 chu1 xian4, how do u expect the birds to know!" (translation: "aiyo! There has been no bread there for a few centuries, now that there is, how do u expect the birds to know!").