You saw a striking bird with a red head, did you? You wonder what it is ... The male birds have a pinkish cast, especially on the top of the crown (the House Finch has a red forehead and brown crown).

The back shows 2 rows of whitish or yellow-buff spots or bars, but this patterning is very limited in northern birds. Adult: red head and breast, pale yellow belly, back black with geographically ...