Red bird in Massachusetts. (1 Viewer)

[Denny Woodthorpe]

Hi,
I am on holiday in Massachusetts and managed a shot of this bird. It is the size of a large finch or maybe slightly larger. I thought it might be a juvenile Northern Cardinal, but I am not really sure. Any help would be appreciated

 

[Butty]

House finch. It's not as large as you thought.

 

[MelospizaMelodiaFan]

Looks like a House Finch. The brown streaked belly distinguishes it from a purple Finch. Nice photo!

 

[BirdCorgi]

Red Crossbill?

 

[Denny Woodthorpe]

House finch. It's not as large as you thought.

Thank you. I had other shots of the house finch, but they didn’t have as much red on them. Like this one.

 

[nartreb]

Red Crossbill?

Nope. Wrong bill shape, wrong color pattern (most obvious on flanks), wrong time of year to be seen in Massachusetts.

 

[Denny Woodthorpe]

Looks like a House Finch. The brown streaked belly distinguishes it from a purple Finch. Nice photo!

Thank you.

 

[Indobirder]

It is very red. Much more than the ones I've seen. Typically theres a bit of a distict eye-brow which I don't see here. That said I can't see it as being something else, just a very red House Finch.

 

[RafaelMatias]

It is very red. Much more than the ones I've seen. Typically theres a bit of a distict eye-brow which I don't see here. That said I can't see it as being something else, just a very red House Finch.

It might have to do with the 'white balance'; the greens also seem to have too much red in them, if this makes sense.

 

[Butty]

The sky has a hint of reddish, so it's partly the photo - but certainly house finch is variable and this is at the far red end of their spectrum.