help with ID

[ausnic44 14]

pictures taken today, Bay St Louis, MS.  a new bird to me

IMG_2285 by haroldwebe, on Flickr

IMG_2283 by haroldwebe, on Flickr

 

[akandula 2,786]

That's a juvenile Northern Cardinal. Was this taken through a window?

[The Bird Nuts 3,785]

That isn't a cardinal with that distinct neck pattern and short beak.  It's got to be an exotic finch of some sort.

Edited June 29 by The Bird Nuts

[akandula 2,786]

13 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said:

distinct neck pattern

I was assuming that the white was just a reflection from the window. It seems like a normal young Northern Cardinal to me.

[The Bird Nuts 3,785]

Just now, akandula said:

I was assuming that the white was just a reflection from the window. It seems like a normal young Northern Cardinal to me.

Ah, I think you're right now.  I can see the white area going beyond the neck.  Good job spotting that!

[ausnic44 14]

this is the sound that made me look at this bird

MVI_2288 by haroldwebe, on Flickr

[Charlie Spencer 2,835]

22 hours ago, akandula said:

I was assuming that the white was just a reflection from the window. It seems like a normal young Northern Cardinal to me.

The 'white' shifts around on the face.  In the first photo, it's up over the eye.  In the second, it's well below it.  I'm like @The Bird Nuts, it fooled me too.  I thought for sure it was an exotic.

[Tony Leukering 1,958]

Just-a-bit-older-than-juvenile male Northern Cardinal. With the incoming red feathers, it's no longer a juvenile.