IME the only semi-automatic lights that would go on/off were the in the window neon lights. I was relieved you could turn them off, but due to jet lag when I would wake up in the middle of the night would notice that they had been turned back on. I think there was also a set timer that they would turn off at 3am.

Another quirk in the room was that if you used the built-in app on the TV to use YouTube, noticed that every now and then guests from another room would hijack your session and login to their YouTube account so you could see all their account settings, playlists, etc.

I would also add the gym had these cool looking cardio machines, however it was yet another instance of form over function as they didn’t have any place to put your phone or tablet on. As someone that likes to watch content on their devices during workouts, it was very disappointing not be able to do so particularly given that the built in TV channels all showed “no signal” and the gym was otherwise a small dark 2nd level basement room with no views.

As to the birds, I was told that these birds that don’t make it all the way down south during the migratory season, so not year round. But agreed that they do serious damage to the cars parked underneath the trees, not to mention unsuspecting pedestrians - like say fist time visitors to the hotel