Sparrows with red feathers?? ID please

Is this a sparrow?

Sorry, thought the picture was attached. Trying again.

That looks very much like a redpoll to my european eyes, but I'm not sure if you have them in the States.

It's a male House Finch.

Common House Finch.

Cool. Thanks everyone.

sandpiper wrote in post #15814190
That looks very much like a redpoll to my european eyes, but I'm not sure if you have them in the States.

FYI, we do have redpolls here, but they don't range as far south as the OP's location. And they have a very distinctive red cap with a black bib so are usually pretty easy to distinguish from house finches.

Here is a redpoll that winters in Michigan for comparison

IMAGE LINK: http://gobirdphoto.smu​gmug.com …526107&k=RRQ276​B&lb=1&s=A

gymell wrote in post #15820227
FYI, we do have redpolls here, but they don't range as far south as the OP's location. And they have a very distinctive red cap with a black bib so are usually pretty easy to distinguish from house finches.

Thanks for all the great info. If I may, do you know why the redpolls are not seen this far south. I'm just curious, if anyone knows please share.

Thanks again.

zerovision wrote in post #15827974
Thanks for all the great info. If I may, do you know why the redpolls are not seen this far south. I'm just curious, if anyone knows please share.

Thanks again.

They're a northern finch. We don't always see them here in south central MN either, depends on food sources further north. There's a winter finch forecast that comes out each year which predicts where they will show up (not just redpolls, but also other winter finches): http://ebird.org/conte​nt/ebird/news/ff2012