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Old 03-30-2008, 09:53 PM   #10 (permalink)
Rael (Premo)
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Originally Posted by OldHillcrestGuy View Post
On my goldfinch feeder, Im also getting little birds that look like a sparrow but they have red on their chest and their head has alot of red, I was once told these are winesap sparrows if there is such a thing.
Could be a purple finch as BS Gal said, could also be a male house finch. Pics of both below. (House finch on left, purple on right) Not sure I've seen a purple yet, but we have many house finches. (purple finches' red seems a very intense red...with red also on the wings and tail).

Our house finches have a youngen' they're teaching, cool to watch.
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