Birds Update
Rachel reminded me about my birds. I forgot to let you know (if you care) that I did a little research with my dad and we identified the little gray bird as a dark-eyed junco in slate color. Here's some information from all about birds.
I also have some red-winged black birds hanging around. I like their bright spots of orange, but I'm not fond of them chasing my gold finches, juncos, and black capped chickadees away.