What bird has a red head, brown feathers and red between the wings and tail and is found in Wisconsin?

Question

It is bigger than a finch and not a redpoll.

Answer 1

Sounds like a woodpecker. Perhaps a red-bellied one as they have brown wings and a reddish head. How red was head?  a photo would have helped  lol

Answer 2

Here is a link that might help you to identify that Bird:

http://www.wildbirds.com/dnn/Default.asp...