Friend or foe?

[LIcenter]

I have quite a few of these coming up in one of my front garden beds. The majority of them are growing underneath my climbing hydrangea, which many birds love to hang out in. So the question is; did the birds gift me, or not.

I'm leaning towards a type of fleabane called giant inula, which seems to have the same type of leaf structure. What say ye?

 

[Tjohn]

Might also be Black Oil Sunflowers