Field Notes · Catnum 105277 · score 4 — moderate uncertainty
Nest composed of leaves, grapevine bark, tendrils and grass, lined with vine tendrils. Outside diameter 4.3 inches, depth 3.0 inches. Inside diameter 2.5 inches, depth 1.4 inches. Placed in a fork above the ground in upright crotch of low bush in woods in head of hollow. Bird flushed from nest.
Metadata · Catnum 105277
Date11 May 1894
LocalityGreene, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.870946, -80.2111115 ↗ map
CollectorJacobs, Warren
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh
Identificationflushed
Nest Supportfork in upright crotch of low bush
Nest Materialsleaves, grapevine bark, tendrils, grass
Nest Liningvine tendrils
Nest Settingwoods in head of hollow
Nest NotesOutside diameter 4.3 inches, depth 3.0 inches. Inside diameter 2.5 inches, depth 1.4 inches. Set No. 1326 was cowbird egg.
HeaderCollection of J. Warren Jacobs, Waynesburg, PA.
Further DetailsSet No. 1326 was cowbird egg | 3-Nov
✦ Anecdote
This nest contained a cowbird egg (Set No. 1326), indicating brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbird on the Northern Cardinal.