Tara: That's a
Pond Cypress (Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium) the birds hang out in ... I have a suet feeder and a seed feeder hanging in that tree which is why a lot of birds gather there.
Love your photo's of the Goldfinches and Chipping Sparrows. I haven't seen a Goldfinch in quite a few years and we used to get hundreds of the cute little Chipping Sparrows at our other house where they'd hang out for a couple of months in the winter but I only saw one in Dec. 2013 and one this past February ... I love and miss those tiny little birds!
Tee: I love the look on that birds face, seems like it stopped and posed for a picture! Is it a European Starling?