Field Notes · Catnum 105298 · score 3 — moderate uncertainty
Base of nest of leaves upon which rest proper, made of grape vine bark strips, weed stems, grass, bits of dry leaves etc. Placed 4½ feet up among roots of upturned tree. Nest deserted - eggs cold. Female Cardinal had been killed and eaten on top of a post about 100 feet away.
Metadata · Catnum 105298
Date12 May 1930
LocalityWaynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.854685, -80.186349 ↗ map
CollectorJacobs, Warren
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationinfertile (transcribed as “1 infertile; 3 about three days”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.37 m (4.5 feet)
Nest Supportroots of upturned tree
Nest Materialsgrape vine bark strips, weed stems, grass, bits of dry leaves
Nest NotesBase of nest of leaves upon which rest proper nest. Nest deserted - eggs cold. Female Cardinal had been killed and eaten on top of a post about 100 feet away.
HeaderCollection of J. Warren Jacobs. Waynesburg, PA
Further Details43/4
✦ Anecdote
This record documents the tragic predation of the female cardinal, whose remains were found eaten on a post 100 feet from her abandoned nest containing both fertile and infertile eggs.