Purple Finch (male)
Haemorhous mexicanus
42.2695, -74.7268
Field Notes
Description:
Adults have a short forked brown tail and brown wings and are about 15 cm (4 in) in length and weigh 34 g (1.2 oz).[5] Adult males are raspberry red on the head, breast, back and rump; their back is streaked. Adult females have light brown upperparts and white underparts with dark brown streaks throughout; they have a white line on the face above the eye.
Habitat:
Their breeding habitat is coniferous and mixed forest in Canada and the northeastern United States, as well as various wooded areas along the U.S. Pacific coast. They nest on a horizontal branch or in a fork of a tree
(from From Wikipedia)
Notes:
I think this is finch, but it did not look like a house finch to me. This bird was deep red. I know that my pictures are not in good quality, but can you help identify this bird? Thank you!
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