I was surprised to see a red sparrow in early spring, for the first time here in Chicago. The red sparrow eluded me for many days, but I finally got a shot. But as I did some research, I found out that it is not a sparrow, but a House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) which looks like a Sparrow and even competes with it for food and space. The House Finch I saw was pretty friendly with the Sparrows and I wondered if they even knew they were different?! For more details on the bird, check here. Here is the picture of the day:
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