It's a male Cardinal Grosbeak commonly referred to as just a Cardinal in the
US.
Refer to this for good info:
http://birding.about.com/gi/dynamic/...d/cardinal.htm
Just Google Cardinal Bird for lots of pics.
Gary

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Hey All... Happy New Year!
Had some fun New Years Eve.
We also got an unexpected guest.
The rest are at the link.
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What is it?

Mary
in England where we don't have such exotics!